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|name=Baby Maudud<br />
|birth_name=Mahfuza Khatun Baby Maudud <br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1948|6|23|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|2014|7|25|1948|6|23|df=y}}<br />
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|occupation=Journalist, politician<br />
|spouse=Md Hasan Ali (married 1972–84)<br />
|alma_mater=[[University of Dhaka]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''AN Mahfuza Khatun''' (known as '''Baby Maudud'''; 23 June 1948 – 25 July 2014)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/07/24/baby-maududs-first-death-anniversary-to-be-observed-on-saturday |title=Baby Maudud's first death anniversary to be observed on Saturday |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi journalist, politician, and writer.<ref name="nation">{{cite news | url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/19824/baby-maudud-no-more.html | title=Baby Maudud no more | work=The New Nation | date=25 July 2014 | access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> She was a member of parliament of Bangladesh [[Jatiya Sangsad]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-211869 | title=AL picks 5 for JS women's seats | work=The Daily Star | date=27 November 2011 | access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Maudud was born on 23 June 1948 in Kolkata, India to Hedayet-un-Nisa and Abdul Maudud, a justice. She was the third among six brothers and three sisters.<ref name=bdnews24/> <br />
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Maudud started working as a journalist in 1967, while a student at the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name="observer">{{cite news | url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/07/25/101162.php | title=Baby Maudud's first death anniv today | work=The Daily Observer | date=25 July 2015 | access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> Maudud took part in the [[1969 uprising in East Pakistan|1969 mass upsurge]] and was engaged in political activities with [[Begum Sufia Kamal]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thedailystar.net/baby-moudud-passes-away-34873 | title=Baby Moudud passes away | work=The Daily Star | date=25 July 2014 | access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> She graduated with a degree in Bangla in 1971.<ref name="bdnews24" /><br />
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She married advocate Md Hasan Ali in 1972.<ref name="bdn26Jul2019">{{cite news |title=Baby Maudud, shining example of 'true humanity', remembered |url=https://bdnews24.com/people/2019/07/26/baby-maudud-shining-example-of-true-humanity-remembered |work=bdnews24.com |date=26 July 2022}}</ref> Together they had two sons, Rabiul Hasan Avi and Shafiul Hassan Dipto.<ref name=bdnews24/> Her husband died in 1984.<br />
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During her career as a journalist, she worked for ''[[The Daily Ittefaq]]'', the [[BBC]], ''[[The Sangbad]]'', and ''Weekly Bichitra''.<ref name=bdnews24/> She was the chief news editor of the state-run news agency, [[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]] (BSS).<ref name=observer/> She served as the social affairs editor at bdnews24.com.<ref name="bdnews24">{{cite news | url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/07/25/baby-maudud-passes-away | title=Baby Maudud passes away | work=bdnews24.com | date=25 July 2014 | access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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When, in 2011, the 15th amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution increased the number of seats in the [[Bangladesh Parliament]] by five additional seats reserved for women, Madud was one of the five women elected.<ref name="bdnews24" /><br />
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Maudud won ''Anannya Bishesh Shommanona'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-225674 | title=Anannya Bishesh Shommanona '12 announced | work=The Daily Star | date=10 March 2012 | access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> For her contributions to the advancement of women, she was posthumously awarded the [[Begum Rokeya Padak]] in 2017.<ref name="bdn26Jul2019" /><br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Mone Mone''<br />
* ''Sheikh Mujiber Chhotobela''<br />
* ''Pabitro Rokeya Path''<br />
* ''Gonotanter Manoshkonna Sheikh Hasina''<br />
* ''Muktijoddhah Manik''<br />
* ''Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib O Tar Paribar''<ref name=nation/><br />
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[[Category:Burials at Banani Graveyard]]<br />
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