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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. O. Aysha Bai
|image = K. O. Aysha Bai.jpg
|order = 1st
|office = Deputy Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
|governor =
|1blankname = Chief Minister
|1namedata = [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
|constituency = Kayamkulam
| term_start = 6 May 1957
| predecessor = Office Established
| successor = A. Nafeesath Beevi
| term_end = 31 July 1959
|office2 =
| term_start2=
| term_end2=
| predecessor2=
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1926|10|25}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2005|10|28}}
| death_place =
| residence =
| party =[[Communist Party of India]] [[File:CPI-banner.svg|15px]]
| spouse = K. Abdul Razzak
| children =
| alma_mater =
*Women's College and University College, Trivandrum
*Law College, Ernakulam
}}

'''K. O. Aysha Bai''' (25 October 1926 – 28 October 2005), also spelled '''Ayesha Bai''',<ref name="miller" /> was a [[Communist Party of India|Communist]] politician from south India. She was the first Deputy Speaker of the [[Kerala]] [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] (6 May 1957 – 31 July 1959).<ref name="miller" /><ref name="niyamasabha">{{cite web | url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m052.htm | title=K. O. Aysha Bai | publisher=Niyama Sabha | accessdate=11 August 2019 }}</ref><ref name="stateofkerala">[http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/k_o_aysha_bai.php K. O. Aysha Bai Official Profile Kerala Niyama Sabha ]</ref> Aysha Bai was the first Muslim women to rise to public fame in modern [[Kerala]]. She was an aggressive advocate for the forward progress of [[Mappila]] women.<ref name="miller">Miller, R. E. "Mappila" in ''The Encyclopedia of Islam'' Volume VI. Leiden E. J. Brill 1988 p. 458–66</ref> She was also a pioneer organizer of Women's Societies (Mahila Samajams).<ref name="Miller1">Miller, E. Roland. "Mappila Muslim Culture" State University of New York Press, Albany (2015)</ref>

Bai had her education at Women's College and [[University College Thiruvananthapuram|University College]], [[Thiruvananthapuram|Trivandrum]] and [[Government Law College, Ernakulam|Law College, Ernakulam]] (B. A. and B. L.<ref name="niyamasabha" />). She participated in the Students Congress in 1947.<ref name="stateofkerala" />

Bai joined the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) in 1953<ref name="miller" /> and was elected as representative from Kayamkulam Constituency to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] in 1957, serving two terms (in first and second KLAs). She served as Deputy Speaker of the Assembly from May 1957 until July 1959. She served as Chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances from 1961 to 1963.<ref name="niyamasabha" /> She was State Vice President, Kerala Mahila Sangham – Communist Party of India, Member, Central and State Social Welfare Boards and State Watch – Dog Committee on Prisons.<ref name="niyamasabha" /><ref name="stateofkerala" />

Bai was born to K. Usman Sahib and Fathima Beevi.<ref name="niyamasabha" /> She was married to K. Abdul Razzak and they have two daughters and two sons.<ref name="stateofkerala" />

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[[Category:Indian women activists]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
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[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:Women in Kerala politics]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1957–1959]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1960–1964]]

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