Sanjida Khatun | |
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সনজীদা খাতুন | |
| Born | (1933-04-04)4 April 1933 |
| Died | 25 March 2025(2025-03-25) (aged 91) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Education | Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Known for | President ofChhayanaut |
| Father | Qazi Motahar Hossain |
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Sanjida Khatun (4 April 1933 – 25 March 2025) was a Bangladeshi musicologist.[1][2] She was awardedBangla Academy Literary Award in 1998 andEkushey Padak in 1991 by thegovernment of Bangladesh andPadma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2021.[3][4]
Khatun completed her bachelor's in Bengali literature from theUniversity of Dhaka in 1955. She earned her MA degree inBangla language fromVisva Bharati University in 1957.[5]
After teaching atEden Mohila College andCarmichael College[6] Khatun joined the faculty of the University of Dhaka to teach Bengali literature.[7]Khatun was one of the founders of Bangladesh Mukti Sangrami Shilpi Sangstha during the Liberation War in 1971 andChhayanaut in the early 1960s.[8][9][10] She served as the president of Chhayanaut.[11]
Khatun was married to Wahidul Huq and had three children: Apala Farhat Naved, Partha Tanveer Naved, and Ruchira Tabassum Naved. She died in Dhaka on 25 March 2025, at the age of 91.[12]
At the beginning of theLiberation War, she travelled fromRangpur toDhaka. From there, she moved to the village of Zirab inSavar and then crossed into India through the Cumilla border. A few cultural activists accompanied her. They stayed inAgartala, India, for some time before enteringKolkata on 5 May 1971. There, she began uniting cultural activists in support of the Liberation War.[16]
Khatun wrote a total of 16 books. Notable among them are:
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