Shagufi Fatima, Author at Heritage Times

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A Burqa Clad Woman Commander of Indians in 1857

October 7, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 0 Comments 1857, burqa, Delhi, Feminism, green, guns, hudson, kashmiri gate, muslim warriors, Muslim Women, swords, the First war of Independence, women warriors

“Come! God has called you into paradise.” An old woman wearing green clothes, which fully covered her body (Burqa), carrying

Bibi Ashraf : Who Learnt Reading & Writing By Herself To Teach Other Girls

September 29, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 1 Comment 1857. letters, aurat, Begum Hijab, Bibi Ashraf, bijnaur, bijnor, courage, Education, Feminism, Feminist, gwalior, Lahore, muhammadi begum, progressive, Urdu, women rights, Writer

It was a hot and humid afternoon in the early 1850s in Banhera, Bijnor (U.P). A small girl, around 10

Muhammadi Begum: The First Woman Editor of a Magazine in India

September 14, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 3 Comments #AliGarh, aurat, female editor, Feminism, First Woman, India, Lahore, muhammadi begum, mumtaz ali, Muslim Women, Pakistan, Sir Syed, Urdu, woman editor, woman journalist, Women, women rights

Syeda Muhammadi Begum was the first woman in the Indian sub-continent to be the editor of a weekly magazine,‘Tehzeeb-e-Niswaan’. The

Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali: The First Indian Muslim Pilot

September 13, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 0 Comments Aviation, begum hijab imtiaz ali, begum hijab imtiyaz ali, Feminism, Feminist, first indian muslim pilot, first indian woman pilot, first muslim pilot, first pakistani pilot, hijab imtiaz ali, hijab imtiyaz ali, imtiaz ali, JRD Tata, lohore, muhammadi begum, mumtaz ali, Muslim Women, Rodabeh, Sylla, tata, tehzeeb-e-niswaan, urdu literature, Urmila, Urmila Parekh, Women

While flipping through the archives of newspapers and journals I came across an interesting name. ‘The International Women’s News’ reported

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Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz: Who Won the Political Rights For the Indian Women

September 12, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 0 Comments 1935, AIWC, All India Women's Conference, aurat, Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz, Begum Shahnawaz, Child Marriage Restraint Act, Feminism, Government of India Act, Muslim Women, round table conference, Women

Today when Indian women cast votes and contest elections, not even in their distant imagination they pay gratitude to the

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Begum Mahboob Fatima: The First Muslim Woman Jailed by the British in Delhi

September 11, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 0 Comments Feminism, Freedom Struggle, Gandhi, Jallianwala Bagh, Muslim, Muslim Woman, satyawati, Women

A Muslim Lady, charged with the act of waging ‘the war against the Crown’, was brought into the court of

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Amjadi Begum & Mohammad Ali: Lovers, Comrades & Nationalists

September 10, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 1 Comment #AliGarh, #Jamia, Abadi Bano Begum, agndhi, Amjadi Begum, AMU, Bi Amma, dariyabadi, Feminism, Feminist, indian freedom struggle, mohamad ali, round table conference, Shaukat Ali, Women

Malcolm Hailey, Member Home of the Government of (British) India, while replying to a question regarding the Indian Freedom Movement

Meena Kumari Who Willed Her Estate For The Blind Students

July 26, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 1 Comment blind, charitable, disabled, K.A Abbas, kamal amrohi, Meena Kumari, Naaz, nargis, pakeezah, the Blind school, tragedy queen, will

Meena Kumari, famous Indian film actress, died at a young age of 39 in 1972. Very few people know that

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Moondar : Muslim Friend of Rani Jhansi Who Martyred Herself For The Motherland

July 24, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 0 Comments 1857, Feminism, Jhansi, mandarbai, Manikarnika, Moondar, Muslim Freedom Fighter, Muslim Woman, Rani Jhansi, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Woman Freedom Fighter, Woman Martyrs, Women Freedom Fighter

Robert Hamilton, agent of the governor General to Central India, wrote to the secretary of Government of India on 30th

When Kaifi Azmi First Met Shaukat : Love Story of a Poet

January 14, 2020January 5, 2021 Shagufi Fatima 1 Comment Ali Sardar Jafri, Autobiography, Bollywood, Communists, Hyderabad, Indian Muslims, Kaifi and Shaukat, Kaifi Azmi, Love, Love Story, Poet, Poetry, Progressive Writers, Shabana Azmi, Shaukat Kaifi, Shayari, Urdu, Writers

(Following is an excerpt from the autobiography of Shaukat Kaifi, wife of Kaifi Azmi. The autobiography, Yaad Ki Rahguzar, is originally

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