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{{infobox person<br />
|name=Ivy Rahman<br />
|native_name=আইভি রহমান<br />
|image =Ivy Rahman.jpg<br />
|birth_name = Jebun Nahar Ivy<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1934|7|7|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Bhairab Upazila]], [[Kishoreganj District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|2004|8|24|1934|7|7|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
|resting_place = [[Banani Graveyard]]<br />
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Zillur Rahman]]|1958|2004|end=death}}<br />
|children = [[Nazmul Hasan Papon]]<br />
|alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Ivy Rahman''' ({{lang-bn|আইভি রহমান}};{{nee|Jebun Nahar Ivy}}; 7 July 1934 – 24 August 2004)<ref name=dstar/> was a Bangladeshi politician. She was the Women's Affairs secretary of [[Awami League]]. She was killed in the [[2004 Dhaka grenade attack]].<ref name=dstar>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/08/25/d4082501022.htm|title= Country crippled in hartal, Rail links collapse; cops club CPB leader Selim; today's hartal curtailed to 1pm|publisher=The Daily Star|date=25 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=7 years and counting, Aug 21, 2004 grenade attack cases stall at Speedy Trial Tribunal|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/08/21/7-years-and-counting-aug-21-2004-grenade-attack-cases-stall-at-speedy-trial-tribunal|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Rahman was the founding organizing secretary of Awami League's Women's wing,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharjee|first1=Partha Pratim|last2=Adhikary|first2=Tuhin Shubhra|title=Not dead, not living either|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/not-dead-not-living-either-129463|work=The Daily Star|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> [[Mohila Awami League]], established by [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in 1969.<ref name=dstar/> She was elected Women Affairs Secretary of Awami League Central Working Committee in 1978 and 2 years later she became the President of Mohila Awami League. She had served in those positions until 2002.<ref name=dstar/><br />
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From 1996 to 2001, Ivy served as the chair of ''Jatiya Mohila Sangstha'' and ''Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Samabaya Samity''. She was the President of ''Mohila Samity'' and General Secretary of ''Bangladesh Andhakalyan Samity'' until her death.<ref name=dstar/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ivy Rahman was born in [[Bhairab Upazila]], [[Kishoreganj District]].<ref name=dstar/> She was the fifth among the eleven children of the Principal of [[Dhaka College]], Jalal Uddin Ahmed and Hasina Begum.<ref name=dstar/> Her elder sister Shamsur Nahar Siddique is the mother-in-law of Bangladesh Awami League politician [[Sheikh Rehana]].<ref name=dstar/><br />
She married fellow Awami League politician [[Zillur Rahman]] on 27 June 1958,<ref name=dstar/> when she was 24 years old and he was 29 years old. Zillur Rahman became the [[President of Bangladesh]] in 2009. They had two daughters - Tania and Monia and one son - [[Nazmul Hasan Papon]].<ref name=dstar/> Papon is an Awami League member of parliament and president of [[Bangladesh Cricket Board]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ivy Rahman's anniversary of death today|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/ivy-rahmans-anniversary-of-death-today-38413|work=The Daily Star|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
On 21 August 2004, Rahman was present at an Awami League political rally in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ivy Rahman's anniversary of death today|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/ivy-rahmans-anniversary-of-death-today-38413|work=The Daily Star|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> After the speech by [[Sheikh Hasina]] ended, terrorists launched a co-ordinated grenade attack on the Awami league leaders.<ref>{{cite news |title=That was first ever govt sponsored hit: Suranjit|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/was-first-ever-govt-sponsored-hit-suranjit-187468|work=The Daily Star|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> Ivy Rahman was injured in the grenade blast, and both of her legs were blown off. After 3 days, she died on 24 August 2004, in the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. She was buried in [[Banani Graveyard]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Prime minister attends Ivy Rahman’s Milad |url= http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2015/aug/25/prime-minister-attends-ivy-rahmans-milad|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Assassinated Bangladeshi politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi women in politics]]<br />
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[[Category:2004 murders in Bangladesh]]<br />
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[[Category:Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family]]<br />
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