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Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
Politician · 1896–1979
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Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz was a Punjabi Muslim League activist and politician who worked prominently for women’s political representation and social reform. She participated in the Round Table Conference, helped establish the Punjab Provincial Women’s Muslim League, and later served in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly. Her career connected late-colonial Indian politics with the institutional beginnings of Pakistan.
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Read quote → ✓Source verified“Is it not a fact that officials sitting in the official Gallery often pass slips to the Treasury Benches? Similarly any visitors sitting in a box can pass on a slip at any time?”
Read quote → ✓Source verified“The social reform of a country depends mostly upon its women.”