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Mumtaz Shahnawaz (1912–1948) was a Pakistani diplomat and
Shahnawaz died in 1948 in the crash of Pan Am Flight 1-10.
writer
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. She had held degrees in English literature.
Family
She was born toArain
Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi Muslim agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation.
At the beginning of the last century, they numbered around 1 million and were mainly rural cultivator ...
Mian family of Baghbanpura
The Mian family of Baghbanpura is a feudal family of Punjabi Arain descent from Baghbanpura, Lahore, which was politically prominent in the early-20th century. The family originally owned the land in Baghbanpura on which the Shalimar Gardens we ...
. Her father was Mian Muhammad Shahnawaz
Mian Sir Muhammad Shah Nawaz was a prominent politician of Punjab in the 1920s. He was married to Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz daughter of Mian Muhammad Shafi.Begum 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 ...
, both prominent and politically active persons of present-day Pakistan. Her maternal grandfather, Sir Muhammad Shafi, was an influential leader from Punjab.
Pakistan Movement
Like her mother, Mumtaz Shahnawaz was drawn into the national movement as a Congress member but slowly shifted her sympathies towards to theMuslim League Muslim League may refer to:
Political parties British India
*All-India Muslim League, led the demand for the partition of India resulting in the creation of Pakistan
** Punjab Muslim League, a branch of the organization above
**Unionist Muslim L ...
. Mumtaz or Tanzee as she was known to her family and friends was greatly influenced by Jinnah. Mumtaz Shahnawaz died at the age of 35 in a plane crash months after the creation of Pakistan, en route to New York to represent Pakistan at the UN General Assembly, the first woman in Asia to preside over a legislative session.
Literary skills
Her novel, '' The Heart Divided'' was probably the first novel on the theme of thepartition of India
The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Dominion of India, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Paki ...
. It tells the story of a Muslim family in North India during the 1940s. It provides a detailed account of Independence and Partition, though it stops short of the Partition riots. Upon her death, Shahnawaz left behind a first draft of the novel, which her family published in the edited form 11 years later.
Death
Shahnawaz died in 1948 in the crash of Pan Am Flight 1-10.
See also
*Arain
Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi Muslim agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation.
At the beginning of the last century, they numbered around 1 million and were mainly rural cultivator ...
* Mian Family Baghbanpura
The Mian family of Baghbanpura is a feudal family of Punjabi Arain descent from Baghbanpura, Lahore, which was politically prominent in the early-20th century. The family originally owned the land in Baghbanpura on which the Shalimar Gardens we ...
References
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