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[[File:BMSK 123.jpg|thumb|right|Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan, speaking at the opening of a new science block at a public school, Lahore, 1962]]
'''Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan''' ({{lang-ur|بیگم محمودہ سلیم خان}}; May 1913 – June 2007) was a [[Pakistani]] [[social worker]], early political figure and a [[cabinet minister]] in [[West Pakistan]] for education during President Ayub Khan's regime.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/26208-multan-recover-after-losing-four-early-wickets | title=Her solo flight }}</ref>

==Background==
Begum Salim Khan was born in 1913, at [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], then [[British India]]. She was the eldest daughter of the renowned [[Unionist Party (Punjab)|Unionist Party]] statesman, [[Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan]] of Wah from his first wife, Begum Zubaida Khanum.<ref>Shaukat Hayat Khan, "The Nation that Lost its Soul: Memoirs" Lahore: Jang Publishers, 1995, pp. 10-11</ref>

After her mother's death in 1919, she was raised by her aunt and educated at [[Aligarh]] School for [[Muslim]] Women and [[Queen Mary College, Lahore|Queen Mary's College]], [[Lahore]].

In 1934, she was married to [[Abdus Salim Khan]] a Civil Servant from [[Talokar]] [[Haripur District|Haripur]].<ref>Ministerial Profile, Gazette of West Pakistan, March 1962</ref> who was the eldest son of an aristocrat [[Abdul Majid Khan Tarin]], [[OBE]]. Her husband served the Government of [[British India]] and later served the [[diplomatic service]] of the newly created state of Pakistan from 1947 onwards.

In initial years of her married life she focussed primarily on looking after household and raising her children like any Pakistani housewife.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youngpakistan.org/tribute-to-pakistani-women-part-7|title = Tribute to Pakistani Women Part 7 |}}</ref> However, she gradually, involved herself in helping the people through welfare activities, and got socially more active. Her endeavors in this regard were multifaceted and added much to the benefit of the Pakistani society.

==Later life==
On her husband's death in 1957, Begum Salim Khan moved to the town of [[Abbottabad]], Pakistan, where she became increasingly involved in various social and charitable works over the years,<ref>BMSK Collection/Papers, National Archives of Pakistan</ref> in close collaboration with other well-known women social workers such as Lady [[Viqar un Nisa Noon]], [[Begum Zari Sarfaraz]], [[Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan]] Dr [[Attiya Inayatullah]] and Begum [[Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah]]; and also served as Chief Executive of organizations such as the Family Planning Association of Pakistan,<ref>''Fiscal Year 1975 Foreign Assistance Request published by the US Government''</ref> Pakistan Red Crescent Society, Lok Virsa Museum, National Crafts Council of Pakistan, Anti TB Association of Pakistan,<ref>Pl see the website of the Anti TB Association of Pakistan http://www.patba.org/</ref> the [[SOS Children's Villages]], Pakistan and others. She also remained patron-president of the National Youth Council of Pakistan and received the [[Adelaide Ristori]] Award, Italy, in 1980, for her work in promoting cultural activities among Pakistani youth.<ref>BMSK papers/National Archives</ref> She also received several other national and international awards for social welfare activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/AllahDadKhan/prominent-pakistani-women-a-research-by-mrallah-dad-khan|title = Prominent Pakistani women a Research by Mr.Allah Dad Khan|date = 8 May 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
Back in 1960s, she was sworn in as the first ever woman Provincial Minister in West Pakistan's Cabinet, during General [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]] government.<ref>http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/pakistan_local.htm ; also see [[List of the first female holders of political offices in Asia]] on Wikipedia</ref> But her stay in politics was brief and she resumed her welfare activities which she continued till her demise.

She had passion for gardening and was very fond of flowers.<ref>Phyllis Irwin, MD, "Dr Memsaab: Stories of a Medical Missionary Mom", USA: Authorhouse, 2010, pp.74-75; {{ISBN|978-1-4520-2538-4}}</ref> She died peacefully at her home in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2007, at the age of 94 years.<ref>News obituary, The Nawai Waqt, Islamabad ed, 18 June 2007</ref>

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