Mahmuda Khatun Siddiqua
December 16, 1906 –May 2, 1977
Poet, Writer
Lived 70 years
- Born in
- Pabna
- Passed away in
- Dhaka
Raquibunnesa Mahmuda Khatun Siddiqua (Bengali: রকীবুন্নেসা মাহমুদা খাতুন সিদ্দিকা; 16 December 1906 – 2 May 1977), also known by her daak naam Batashi (Bengali: বাতাসী), was a Bangladeshi poet, essayist, and a pioneering women's liberation activist. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1977 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Awards: Ekushey Padak, Bangla Academy Literary Award
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