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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Chaudhurani, Karimunnesa Khanam&#039;&#039;&#039; (1855-1926) a poet and social worker, was the eldest daughter of Zahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Saber and Rahatunnesa Sabera Chaudhurani. Karimunnesa came of a zamindar family of Pairaband Pargana under Rangpur. [[begum rokeya]] was her younger sister.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Chaudhurani, Karimunnesa Khanam&#039;&#039;&#039; (1855-1926) a poet and social worker, was the eldest daughter of Zahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Saber and Rahatunnesa Sabera Chaudhurani. Karimunnesa came of a zamindar family of Pairaband Pargana under Rangpur. [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Hossain, Roquiah Sakhawat |&lt;/ins&gt;begum rokeya]] was her younger sister.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Following the traditions of conservative Muslim families of her time, Karimunnesa had to observe &#039;&#039;[[purda]]&#039;&#039; and was not allowed any education excepting recitation of the holy [[quran]]. But this could not satisfy her thirst for knowledge. Her younger brothers used to learn Persian verses from their teachers. Karimunnesa memorised those only by hearing their recitations. By dint of effort and attention she learnt a bit of Bangla and English as well. To know the meaning of the holy Quran she started learning Arabic at the old age of 67.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following the traditions of conservative Muslim families of her time, Karimunnesa had to observe &#039;&#039;[[purda]]&#039;&#039; and was not allowed any education excepting recitation of the holy [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Al-Quran, The Holy|&lt;/ins&gt;quran]]. But this could not satisfy her thirst for knowledge. Her younger brothers used to learn Persian verses from their teachers. Karimunnesa memorised those only by hearing their recitations. By dint of effort and attention she learnt a bit of Bangla and English as well. To know the meaning of the holy Quran she started learning Arabic at the old age of 67.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Karimunnesa was married to Abdul Halim Khan Ghaznavi of Delduar (Tangail) zamindar family at the age of 14 and became a widow at the age of 23 with two minor sons. A lady of liberal ideas, she was determined to give her sons western education and for that she took them to Calcutta and arranged their proper education. In 1885, she sent her elder son [[abdul karim ghaznavi]] to England for higher education at the tender age of 13 only. She also managed to get her second son [[abdul halim ghaznavi]] admitted to the St. Xavier&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s College. Her both sons, when they came of age, played active role in the public life of Bengal during 1920s and 30s. Karimunnesa also promoted the education of her younger sister Begum Rokeya. When almost the entire society stood against Rokeya&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s learning Bengali, it was Karimunnesa who strongly supported Rokeya and inspired her in her literary pursuit.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Karimunnesa was married to Abdul Halim Khan Ghaznavi of Delduar (Tangail) zamindar family at the age of 14 and became a widow at the age of 23 with two minor sons. A lady of liberal ideas, she was determined to give her sons western education and for that she took them to Calcutta and arranged their proper education. In 1885, she sent her elder son [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ghaznavi, Abdul Karim|&lt;/ins&gt;abdul karim ghaznavi]] to England for higher education at the tender age of 13 only. She also managed to get her second son [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ghaznavi, Abdul Halim|&lt;/ins&gt;abdul halim ghaznavi]] admitted to the St. Xavier&#039;s College. Her both sons, when they came of age, played active role in the public life of Bengal during 1920s and 30s. Karimunnesa also promoted the education of her younger sister Begum Rokeya. When almost the entire society stood against Rokeya&#039;s learning Bengali, it was Karimunnesa who strongly supported Rokeya and inspired her in her literary pursuit.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Karimunnesa herself was a poet of some repute and composed many poems on family events and social matters. She was a poet of nature. She authored two books - &#039;&#039;Duhkha &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Tarangin&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;M&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;nas Bik&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ax&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;h&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Karimunnesa herself was a poet of some repute and composed many poems on family events and social matters. She was a poet of nature. She authored two books - &#039;&#039;Duhkha &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Tarangini&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Manas Bikash&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;The name of Karimunnesa was connected with the liberal movements of the time. She patronised and financed the &#039;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;A&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hmad&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;a&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;fortnightly, edited by Abdul Hamid Khan Yusufzai. First published in 1886 from Delduar, the &#039;&#039;Ahmadi&#039;&#039; was the first Muslim magazine, which aimed at Hindu-Muslim unity. It also carried articles on socio-political and cultural issues of the Muslims.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The name of Karimunnesa was connected with the liberal movements of the time. She patronised and financed the &#039;&#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ahmadi&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;, a fortnightly, edited by Abdul Hamid Khan Yusufzai. First published in 1886 from Delduar, the &#039;&#039;Ahmadi&#039;&#039; was the first Muslim magazine, which aimed at Hindu-Muslim unity. It also carried articles on socio-political and cultural issues of the Muslims.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;Karimunnesa Khanam also patronised [[mir mosharraf hossain]], who served the Delduar Estate as its manager during the period from 1884 to 1892. Mir Musharaf dedicated the 1st edition of his great work, the &#039;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bi&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sa&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;d &lt;/del&gt;Sindhu&#039;&#039; (1885), to Karimunnesa Khanam as a mark of respect to her. Begum Rokeya also dedicated her work&#039;&#039; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Motich&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;r&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039; (Vol II) to Karimunnesa Khanam. She died on 6 September 1926 at the age of 7l. [Muhammad Abdus Salam&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] [Salam, Muhammad Abdus  Deputy Director (retd), University Grants Commission&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Karimunnesa Khanam also patronised [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Hossain, Mir Mosharraf|&lt;/ins&gt;mir mosharraf hossain]], who served the Delduar Estate as its manager during the period from 1884 to 1892. Mir Musharaf dedicated the 1st edition of his great work, the &#039;&#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bisad &lt;/ins&gt;Sindhu&#039;&#039; (1885), to Karimunnesa Khanam as a mark of respect to her. Begum Rokeya also dedicated her work&#039;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Motichur&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039; (Vol II) to Karimunnesa Khanam. She died on 6 September 1926 at the age of 7l. [Muhammad Abdus Salam]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Chaudhurani, Karimunnesa Khanam&#039;&#039;&#039; (1855-1926) a poet and social worker, was the eldest daughter of Zahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Saber and Rahatunnesa Sabera Chaudhurani. Karimunnesa came of a zamindar family of Pairaband Pargana under Rangpur. [[begum rokeya]] was her younger sister.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Chaudhurani, Karimunnesa Khanam&#039;&#039;&#039; (1855-1926) a poet and social worker, was the eldest daughter of Zahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Saber and Rahatunnesa Sabera Chaudhurani. Karimunnesa came of a zamindar family of Pairaband Pargana under Rangpur. [[begum rokeya]] was her younger sister.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Following the traditions of conservative Muslim families of her time, Karimunnesa had to observe &#039;&#039;[[purda]]&#039;&#039; and was not allowed any education excepting recitation of the holy [[quran]]. But this could not satisfy her thirst for knowledge. Her younger brothers used to learn Persian verses from their teachers. Karimunnesa memorised those only by hearing their recitations. By dint of effort and attention she learnt a bit of Bangla and English as well. To know the meaning of the holy Quran she started learning Arabic at the old age of 67.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  Following the traditions of conservative Muslim families of her time, Karimunnesa had to observe &#039;&#039;[[purda]]&#039;&#039; and was not allowed any education excepting recitation of the holy [[quran]]. But this could not satisfy her thirst for knowledge. Her younger brothers used to learn Persian verses from their teachers. Karimunnesa memorised those only by hearing their recitations. By dint of effort and attention she learnt a bit of Bangla and English as well. To know the meaning of the holy Quran she started learning Arabic at the old age of 67.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Karimunnesa was married to Abdul Halim Khan Ghaznavi of Delduar (Tangail) zamindar family at the age of 14 and became a widow at the age of 23 with two minor sons. A lady of liberal ideas, she was determined to give her sons western education and for that she took them to Calcutta and arranged their proper education. In 1885, she sent her elder son [[abdul karim ghaznavi]] to England for higher education at the tender age of 13 only. She also managed to get her second son [[abdul halim ghaznavi]] admitted to the St. Xavier&#039;;s College. Her both sons, when they came of age, played active role in the public life of Bengal during 1920s and 30s. Karimunnesa also promoted the education of her younger sister Begum Rokeya. When almost the entire society stood against Rokeya&#039;;s learning Bengali, it was Karimunnesa who strongly supported Rokeya and inspired her in her literary pursuit.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  Karimunnesa was married to Abdul Halim Khan Ghaznavi of Delduar (Tangail) zamindar family at the age of 14 and became a widow at the age of 23 with two minor sons. A lady of liberal ideas, she was determined to give her sons western education and for that she took them to Calcutta and arranged their proper education. In 1885, she sent her elder son [[abdul karim ghaznavi]] to England for higher education at the tender age of 13 only. She also managed to get her second son [[abdul halim ghaznavi]] admitted to the St. Xavier&#039;;s College. Her both sons, when they came of age, played active role in the public life of Bengal during 1920s and 30s. Karimunnesa also promoted the education of her younger sister Begum Rokeya. When almost the entire society stood against Rokeya&#039;;s learning Bengali, it was Karimunnesa who strongly supported Rokeya and inspired her in her literary pursuit.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Karimunnesa herself was a poet of some repute and composed many poems on family events and social matters. She was a poet of nature. She authored two books - &#039;&#039;Duhkha Tarangin&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;M&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;nas Bik&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ax&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  Karimunnesa herself was a poet of some repute and composed many poems on family events and social matters. She was a poet of nature. She authored two books - &#039;&#039;Duhkha Tarangin&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;M&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;nas Bik&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;ax&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;h&#039;&#039;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;The name of Karimunnesa was connected with the liberal movements of the time. She patronised and financed the &#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hmad&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;fortnightly, edited by Abdul Hamid Khan Yusufzai. First published in 1886 from Delduar, the &#039;&#039;Ahmadi&#039;&#039; was the first Muslim magazine, which aimed at Hindu-Muslim unity. It also carried articles on socio-political and cultural issues of the Muslims.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  The name of Karimunnesa was connected with the liberal movements of the time. She patronised and financed the &#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;hmad&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;i&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;a&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;fortnightly, edited by Abdul Hamid Khan Yusufzai. First published in 1886 from Delduar, the &#039;&#039;Ahmadi&#039;&#039; was the first Muslim magazine, which aimed at Hindu-Muslim unity. It also carried articles on socio-political and cultural issues of the Muslims.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Karimunnesa Khanam also patronised [[mir mosharraf hossain]], who served the Delduar Estate as its manager during the period from 1884 to 1892. Mir Musharaf dedicated the 1st edition of his great work, the &#039;&#039;Bi&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sa&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;d Sindhu&#039;&#039; (1885), to Karimunnesa Khanam as a mark of respect to her. Begum Rokeya also dedicated her work&#039;&#039; Motich&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039; (Vol II) to Karimunnesa Khanam. She died on 6 September 1926 at the age of 7l. [Muhammad Abdus Salam] [Salam, Muhammad Abdus  Deputy Director (retd), University Grants Commission]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;  Karimunnesa Khanam also patronised [[mir mosharraf hossain]], who served the Delduar Estate as its manager during the period from 1884 to 1892. Mir Musharaf dedicated the 1st edition of his great work, the &#039;&#039;Bi&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;sa&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;d Sindhu&#039;&#039; (1885), to Karimunnesa Khanam as a mark of respect to her. Begum Rokeya also dedicated her work&#039;&#039; Motich&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;u&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;r&#039;&#039; (Vol II) to Karimunnesa Khanam. She died on 6 September 1926 at the age of 7l. [Muhammad Abdus Salam] [Salam, Muhammad Abdus  Deputy Director (retd), University Grants Commission]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Chaudhurani, Karimunnesa Khanam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1855-1926) a poet and social worker, was the eldest daughter of Zahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Saber and Rahatunnesa Sabera Chaudhurani. Karimunnesa came of a zamindar family of Pairaband Pargana under Rangpur. [[begum rokeya]] was her younger sister.&lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;Following the traditions of conservative Muslim families of her time, Karimunnesa had to observe &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[purda]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and was not allowed any education excepting recitation of the holy [[quran]]. But this could not satisfy her thirst for knowledge. Her younger brothers used to learn Persian verses from their teachers. Karimunnesa memorised those only by hearing their recitations. By dint of effort and attention she learnt a bit of Bangla and English as well. To know the meaning of the holy Quran she started learning Arabic at the old age of 67.&lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;Karimunnesa was married to Abdul Halim Khan Ghaznavi of Delduar (Tangail) zamindar family at the age of 14 and became a widow at the age of 23 with two minor sons. A lady of liberal ideas, she was determined to give her sons western education and for that she took them to Calcutta and arranged their proper education. In 1885, she sent her elder son [[abdul karim ghaznavi]] to England for higher education at the tender age of 13 only. She also managed to get her second son [[abdul halim ghaznavi]] admitted to the St. Xavier&amp;#039;;s College. Her both sons, when they came of age, played active role in the public life of Bengal during 1920s and 30s. Karimunnesa also promoted the education of her younger sister Begum Rokeya. When almost the entire society stood against Rokeya&amp;#039;;s learning Bengali, it was Karimunnesa who strongly supported Rokeya and inspired her in her literary pursuit. &lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;Karimunnesa herself was a poet of some repute and composed many poems on family events and social matters. She was a poet of nature. She authored two books - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Duhkha Tarangin&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;i&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;M&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;nas Bik&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;ax&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;h&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;The name of Karimunnesa was connected with the liberal movements of the time. She patronised and financed the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;hmad&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;i&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;a&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;fortnightly, edited by Abdul Hamid Khan Yusufzai. First published in 1886 from Delduar, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ahmadi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the first Muslim magazine, which aimed at Hindu-Muslim unity. It also carried articles on socio-political and cultural issues of the Muslims.&lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;lt;p class=Normal &amp;gt;Karimunnesa Khanam also patronised [[mir mosharraf hossain]], who served the Delduar Estate as its manager during the period from 1884 to 1892. Mir Musharaf dedicated the 1st edition of his great work, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;sa&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;d Sindhu&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (1885), to Karimunnesa Khanam as a mark of respect to her. Begum Rokeya also dedicated her work&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Motich&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;u&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;r&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Vol II) to Karimunnesa Khanam. She died on 6 September 1926 at the age of 7l. [Muhammad Abdus Salam] [Salam, Muhammad Abdus  Deputy Director (retd), University Grants Commission]&lt;br /&gt;
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