Razia Banu

Razia Banu
Razia Banu
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
	In office; 7 March 1973 – 6 November 1976
Personal details
Political party	Awami League
Relatives	A. K. Fazlul Huq (grandfather); A. K. Faezul Huq (uncle)

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Razia Banu (Bengali: রাজিয়া বানু) is a Awami League politician and the former Member of the Bangladesh Parliament of women's reserved seat.

Early life and family[edit]

Razia Banu was born in the District of Dacca in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency, to a Bengali Muslim family. Her father was Wazir Ali, son of Baiyam Mia. Her mother, Nafisi Bibi, was the daughter of A. K. Fazlul Huq, the first Prime Minister of Bengal, and the sister of Bangladeshi politician A. K. Faezul Huq.^[1]

Career[edit]

In 1954, Banu was elected to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. After the independence of Bangladesh, she was elected to the first Jatiya Sangsad from women's reserved seat as an Awami League candidate in 1973.^[2]

Personal life[edit]

Banu is married to Syed Mahbubur Rahman, a Bangladesh government secretary from Batamara in Bhola.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ahmed, Siraj Uddin (2010). "বাটামারার সৈয়দ পরিবার" [The Syed family of Batamara]. বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস [History of the Barisal Division] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bhaskar Prakashani.
↑ ""List of 1st Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2021.

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[bor-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ahmed, Siraj Uddin (2010). "বাটামারার সৈয়দ পরিবার" [The Syed family of Batamara]. বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস [History of the Barisal Division] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bhaskar Prakashani.

[2] ""List of 1st Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2021.

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