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After a long battle with cancer, Ayesha Khanam (Inna Lillahi … Rajyun), the President of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, set off for the land of no return. He was 74 years old. One of the pioneers of the women’s rights movement breathed her last at the BRB Hospital in the capital yesterday morning.
Ayesha Khanam was buried next to the grave of her husband Mortuza Hasan in the family cemetery after Janaza in their village in Netrokona yesterday. At this time he was granted the state status of “Honor Guard”. The president expressed his deep sorrow over the death of the late Ayesha Khanam. Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker of Parliament. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, Vice President. Fazle Rabbi Mia, Chief Whip Nur-e-Alam Chowdhury, Secretary General of the Awami League and Minister of Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. This is Abdul Momen. In a separate message of condolence, they conveyed their deepest condolences to the grieving family and supporters.
In his message of condolence, the president said that Ayesha Khanam was a courageous fighter in the movement for the establishment of women’s rights. She has played a very commendable role in the empowerment of women in the country. Your contribution will be memorable. The Prime Minister said that with the death of Ayesha Khanam, the women of the country lost a genuine friend and a courageous companion.
Ayesha Khanam, former vice president of the student union, was at the forefront of all the movements and struggles of the war for independence, including the student movement of 1962, the mass uprising of 1971, the elections of 1970 and the non-cooperation movement of 1971. After the country’s independence, Ayesha Khanam joined the movement for the establishment of non-communal, democratic and women’s rights. During the War of Independence, Pakistani forces and their allies worked to rehabilitate women who were tortured and help the families of martyred freedom fighters.
Since 2002, he has headed the secretariat of the Social Resistance Committee, a platform of six organizations. Ayesha Khanam was associated with Bangladesh Mahila Parishad from the beginning. First he was deputy general secretary, was elected president a decade ago and held the position until his death.
Maleka Banu, Bangladesh’s Secretary General Mahila Parishad expressed her grief at her death and said that Ayesha Khanam, a heroic freedom fighter, had been battling lung cancer for a long time. He fell ill at his home in Dhaka on Saturday morning and was transferred to the BRB hospital in the capital. Doctors reported his death.
Ayesha Khanam was born on October 16, 1947 in the town of Gabragati in Netrokona. His father’s name was Golam Ali Khan and his mother was Khamatunnesa Khanam. At the end of her student life, Ayesha Khanam committed herself to realizing the rights of disadvantaged women. He entered politics in 1962 by joining the student movement that demanded the abolition of Hamdur Rahman’s Education Commission during the Pakistani period. He became fully active in the student movement starting in 1986. While studying at Dhaka University, Rokeya Hall was elected Vice President and Secretary General of the Student Parliament. In addition to the student movement of the 1960s, he was an active organizer of all progressive movements, including the 1969 mass uprising and the great liberation war. As vice president of the student union in 1971, he also worked to organize students in Dhaka in support of the liberation war. Ayesha Khanam was also in the picture of the procession of students in Dhaka with test rifles.
In an interview with Deutsche Welle in Bengal, Ayesha Khanam said that she crossed the border into Agartala in late April. There he remained in the refugee camps of the Communist Party and in the Camp Crafts Hostel of the freedom fighters. The Crafts Hostel was the temporary accommodation of a part of those who came to India to participate in the liberation war. He worked in the freedom fighters and refugee camps to keep the morale of the fighters intact, give incentives and raise awareness of the liberation war among refugees. In addition, he told Deutsche Welle that he had received initial training on medical services in Agartala. After that, I went to all the camps in Agartala and promised to provide medical assistance to the war-wounded freedom fighters. In addition, before sending the freedom fighters on various expeditions, a short orientation was arranged for them. I used to work to orient them there. Additionally, Ayesha Khanam spoke on behalf of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra War of Liberation as a student representative. As a student leader, he has also been actively involved in building public opinion and raising awareness about the freedom movement in different parts of the country.
Various political parties, organizations and leaders have expressed their deep regret and respect for the death of Ayesha Khanam. His body was transferred to the Bangladeshi Mahila Parishad headquarters in Segundobagicha in the capital at 8.30 am. The organization’s Central Committee, the Dhaka Metropolitan Committee, the Narayanganj branch and the Belabo branch of the organization paid tribute there. In addition, the organization officials paid their last respects. Zakia K Hasan from Dipta Foundation, Shahnaz Sumi from Nari Pragati Sangha, Umme Salma from Save the Children, Sabikunnahar from Nari Mukti Sangsad, Shirin Haque from Nari Paksha, Moni Rani Das from Dalit Nari Forum, Trade Union Center and Hindu Buddhist Khrist were present on the occasion. Representatives of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Oikya-NAP, Mani Singh-Farhad Trust, Women’s Cell of the Communist Party of Bangladesh paid their respects. In addition, politicians, journalists and people of different classes and professions paid tribute to the late leader. Aroma Dutt MP, Rasheda K Chowdhury, Salma Ali, Mahfuza Khanam, Tapti Saha and others expressed their condolences.
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