Sufia Kamal
June 20, 1911 –November 20, 1999
Journalist, Poet, Writer
Lived 88 years
- Born in
- Barishal
- Passed away in
- Dhaka
Begum Sufia Kamal (20 June 1911 – 20 November 1999) was a Bangladeshi poet, feminist leader, and political activist. She took part in the Bengali nationalist movement of the 1950s and civil society leader in independent Bangladesh. She led feminist activism and was a president of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad. She died in 1999 and was the first woman to be given a state funeral in Bangladesh.
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