Hasina Murshed was a Bengali politician, educationist, and a member of the

Bengal Legislative Assembly The Bengal Legislative Assembly () was the largest legislatures of British India, legislature in British India, serving as the lower chamber of the legislature of Bengal Presidency, Bengal (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). It ...

Family

Hasina Murshed was married to Syed Manzoor Murshed. They had a son Syed Tanweer Murshed. Tanweer was married to

Yasmeen Murshed Yasmeen Murshed (born 19 May 1945) is a Bangladeshi businesswoman, founder of Scholastica School and a former advisor of the caretaker government led by President Iajuddin Ahmed. Background and education Yasmeen Murshed was born on 19 May 1945 ...

, a member of Dhaka Nawab family.

Career

Murshed was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly of British India in 1937. She was the first women parliamentary secretary of Bengal. Self-educated, she was one of the founders of

Lady Brabourne College Lady Brabourne College (LBC) is an institution for women's education in Kolkata, India. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates, and awards degrees from the University of Calcutta. It is a state government administered college and is ...

, the first college in Bengal for Muslim women and sat on its governing body. She was awarded the

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(MBE) by the British Raj. She was a member of the Coalition Party. In the

, she talked about the importance of women's education and called for the building of women's college and hostels.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murshed, Hasina Living people Members of the Dhaka Nawab family Bangladeshi women activists Bangladeshi women in politics Bengal MLAs 1937–1945 Year of birth missing (living people)