Jahanara Imam was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist.
13 Facts About Jahanara Imam
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Jahanara Imam is known for her efforts to bring those accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War to trial.
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Jahanara Imam's father, Syed Abdul Ali, was a civil servant in the Bengal Civil Service.
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Jahanara Imam was instrumental in transforming the school into one of the top girls' schools in Dhaka.
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Jahanara Imam was the first editor of the monthly women's magazine, Khawateen.
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In 1960, Jahanara Imam gave up her job as the head mistress to concentrate on bringing up her two sons Rumi and Jami born in 1951 and 1954 respectively.
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Jahanara Imam said to herself "I have given education to thousands of school children, now I should spend some time to bring up my own children".
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Jahanara Imam spent a significant part of her life in education.
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Jahanara Imam's diary, in some respect like that of Anne Frank, was a personal account of tragedy.
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Early in her career, Jahanara Imam translated several books from English into Bengali, including some of the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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Subsequently, Jahanara Imam organised the Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee, and became its public face.
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In 1981, Jahanara Imam was diagnosed with mouth cancer, and operations caused her to have difficulty speaking, she continued to write and continued her involvement with the freedom fighters.
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Jahanara Imam died on 26 June 1994 in Michigan, US Jahanara Imam was later buried in Dhaka.