Jahanara Imam

Sabiha Huq (Khulna University)

Ed. by Niaz Zaman, Independent University Bangladesh
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

Born 3 May 1929
Died 26 Sep 1994

Places

Born in West Bengal
Active in Bangladesh

Activities

Primary

Nonfiction

Resources

In the 1940s when a Bengali girl on a bicycle was a rare sight, residents of Kurigram, a small town under Rangpur district in the north of Bengal (Bangladesh at present), were used to seeing a Muslim girl going around on her own bicycle. Known as “the bicycle girl” in the quiet little town, Jahanara Imam eventually grew up into a fine woman who would become the epitome of protest at a later point of her life.

Widely known as “Shaheed Janani” or “Mother of a Martyr”, Jahanara Imam was a Bangladeshi writer and activist. She coordinated the Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee [Committee for the Eradication of Traitors and Collaborators], an entity that was formed in 1992 to demand and execute t…

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Citation: Huq, Sabiha. "Jahanara Imam". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 December 2020 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14553, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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