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Begum Khursheed Khwaja

Begum Khursheed Khwaja (1894-1981) was a pioneering Indian figure in education, women’s empowerment, and the national freedom struggle. Born into an aristocratic family as the daughter of Justice Hameedullah Khan of Hyderabad, her marriage to Abdul Majeed...

Begum Shehnaz Sidrat

Begum Shehnaz Sidrat is a prominent Indian social reformer and the dynamic president of Bazm-e-Khawateen, Lucknow’s oldest and most influential Muslim women’s organisation. For decades, she has been a pivotal voice in the movement for Muslim women’s...