Jahanara may refer to:

People

* Jahan Ara, a Persian feminine given name * Jahanara of Palanpur (1915–2003), born Joan Falkiner, Australian-born Begum of Palanpur, India * Jahanara Ahmed, Bangladeshi actress *

Jahanara Alam Jahanara Alam (; born 1 April 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh women's national cricket team. She is a right-arm Fast bowling, medium pace Bowling (cricket), bowler and right-handed Batting (cricket), batter. She wa ...

(born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer *

Jahanara Begum Jahanara Begum (23 March 1614 – 16 September 1681) was a princess of the Mughal Empire. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. After Mumtaz Mahal's untimely death in 1631, the 17-ye ...

(1614–1681), Mughal princess * Jahan Ara Begum Surma (born 1958), Bangladesh Awami League politician *

Jahanara Begum (politician) Jahanara Begum ( – 24 July 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician, a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rajbari-1 constituency and a State Minister of Cultural Affairs. Career Begum was the founding general secretary of Bangladesh Jubo Mo ...

(1942–2021), Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician * Jahanara Begum (social worker), Bangladeshi social worker *

Jahanara Hai Jahanara Hai () is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas '' Mere Humdam'', '' Aatish'', ''Ek Hi Bhool'' and ''Mehndi''. Early life Jahanara was born in 1939 on 23 December in Karachi, Pakistan. She completed her studies fro ...

(born 1939), Pakistani actress *

Jahanara Imam Jahanara Imam (3 May 1929 – 26 June 1994) was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is known for her efforts to bring those accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War to trial. She has been called "Shaheed Jan ...

(1929–1994), Bangladeshi writer and activist *

Ananya Jahanara Kabir Ananya Jahanara Kabir is an Indian literary scholar. She studied literature at the University of Calcutta, University of Oxford, and Cambridge University, and has taught at the University of Leeds and King's College London. She is the author of ...

, Indian literary scholar * Jahanara Kajjan (1915–1945), also known as Kajjanbai, Indian singer and actress * Jahanara Khan, Bangladeshi politician *

Jahanara Romney Bonnie Jean Beecher ( Boettcher), later known as Jahanara Romney, (born April 25, 1941) is an American activist and retired actress. About Bonnie Jean Boettcher was born April 25, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Art and Jean Boettcher. Sh ...

(born 1941), also known as Bonnie Beecher, American activist, singer and actress *

Jahanara Shahnawaz Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz, also known as ''Jehan Ara Shah Nawaz'' (7 April 1896 – 27 November 1979), was a prominent activist and politician in Punjab, active before and after independence of Pakistan. Family background and education Jahanara ...

(1896–1979), Bangladeshi politician

Other uses

* ''Jahan Ara'' (film), a 1964 Indian film {{hndis