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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
'''Farhat Banu''' was a Member of the [[Dhaka Nawab family]] and member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly in British India. Her uncle was the Nawab of Dhaka, Sir [[Khwaja Salimullah]].

==Career==
Farhat Banu was a Member of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly]], the largest legislature in the British Raj.<ref name="fbb">{{cite news|last1=Wasiuddin|first1=Aneela|title=In memory of Lt General Khwaja Wasiuddin|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/tribute/memory-lt-general-khwaja-wasiuddin-1465729|accessdate=28 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|publisher=The Daily Star|date=22 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> She was also a member of the select committee and one 21 women members in that committee.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tripathi|first1=Dwijendra|title=State and Business in India: A Historical Perspective|date=1987|publisher=Manohar Publications|isbn=9788185054261|page=253|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7i7AAAAIAAJ&q=Farhat+Banu|language=en}}</ref> She introduced ''The Orphanages and Widows Home Act'' inn 1944 in the Bengal Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Halim|first1=M. Abdul|title=Social Welfare Legislation in Bangladesh|date=1993|publisher=Oihik|page=141|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gblAAAAMAAJ&q=Farhat+Banu|accessdate=28 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> She gave a copy of the bill to [[Kumudini Basu]], Secretary of the Nari Raksha Samiti.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Modern Review|date=1941|publisher=Modern Review Office.|page=610|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEKuU1pkQU0C&q=Farhat+Banu|accessdate=28 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Farhat Banu was married to [[Khwaja Shahabuddin]] of the Dhaka Nawab family in 1912. Khwaja Shahabuddin was the Governor of [[Northwest Frontier Province]] of Pakistan and served as a Minister in the Cabinet of Pakistan. [[Khwaja Shahabuddin]] died on 9 February 1977 in Karachi, Pakistan.<ref name="bptl">{{cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shahabuddin,_Khwaja|title=Shahabuddin, Khwaja|last1=Alamgir|first1=Mohammad|website=en.banglapedia.org|publisher=Banglapedia|accessdate=10 March 2016}}</ref> Her father was Nawabzada [[Khwaja Atiqullah]] was also a member of the Dhaka Nawab family and her uncle, Sir [[Khwaja Salimullah]], was the [[Nawab of Dhaka]]. Her son was Lieutenant General [[Khwaja Wasiuddin]].<ref name="fbb" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Bangladesh|first1=Asiatic Society of|title=Banglapedia: national encyclopedia of Bangladesh|date=2003|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|isbn=9789843205841|page=208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ef1tAAAAMAAJ&q=Farhat+Banu|language=en}}</ref> Her another son was [[Khwaja Zakiuddin]], a banker in [[East Pakistan]]. Zakiuddin was married to Begum Binoo Zakiuddin, they had two daughters Almas Zakiuddin and [[Yasmeen Murshed]] and one son Zahed Zakiuddin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/khwaja-zakiuddin-passes-away|title=Khwaja Zakiuddin passes away|date=18 January 2003|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=30 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> Her husband's niece, [[Hashmat Ara Begum]], was married to [[Khondoker Fazle Sobhan]], one of their son is, noted economist [[Rehman Sobhan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/in-focus/the-economist-and-the-patriot-75436|title=In conversation with Professor Rehman Sobhan|date=4 April 2015|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=30 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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