Begum Rokeya

Begum Rokeya

(Signal: Introduction; Birth and childhood life; Education life; Source of inspiration in life; Married life; barricades in Bangla language study; Literature of English language; Literature; Literature and emancipation; Social organizer; Final journey; Conclusion.)

Introduction: Begum Rokeya came to light the light of the women of Bengali Muslim society in the dark world. At the heart of all his actions was the dream of emancipation. While implementing this dream, he picked up the pen on one hand, on the other hand, women showed a new path. That is why he is known today as the 'precursor of women's awakening'.

Birth and child life: Begum Rokeya was born on 9 December 1880 in a zamindar family of Pairaband village of Mithapukur thana of Rangpur district. Begum Rokeyar's Family Name Rokeya Khatun His father's name is Zahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Saber and his mother Rahatunnesa. When Begum Rokeya was born, her zamindari was in a much declining state. Yet, in his childhood, in the form of Muslim zamindari style, strict screen and blockade In his own language, "no other woman can see women except for a close relative and a servant of a house." Begum Rokeya grew up in such a strict curtain.

Education: Begum Rokeya could not get institutional education like many other people in the world. With the help of his strong interest and some people, he became self-taught. So in the beginning of the Sakhawat Memorial School, he had no idea about the teaching of the school at the beginning. In Shamsunnahar Mahmud's words- "When Rokeya set up a girls' school with the first five students, she could not imagine how a learned woman could learn five girls at the same time." But she got proper knowledge about Bangla, English, Urdu, Persian etc. We get his identity in his literature.

The source of inspiration in life: Begum Rokeya grew up in Muslim society where female education was known as 'Tea Bird Like Quran Sharif', Knowledge about prayers, fasting and religious ceremonies. Apart from writing letters to husbands or close relatives, the ability to read books of two Urdu-Persian pamphlets was limited to sewing, cooking etc. The Bengali education of the girls was a lot banned. But even in such a society, Begum Rokeya's elder sister Karimunnessa had a little bit of Bengali and wrote a number of poems in the pseudonym. Karimunnessa Vidyanagar Begum Rokeya is inspired by In addition to the efforts of elder brother Ibrahim Saber, he learned to hate prejudice from childhood and study. After marriage, husband Sakhawat Hossain also gave him inspiration in this regard.

Married life: Begum Rokeya married with Syed Sakhawat Hossain, a Urdu-language interpreter. At their wedding Begum Rokeya was 16 and Sakhawat Hossain was 38 years old. Sakhawat Hossain married her after the first wife's death. As a person, Sakhawat Hossain was a liberal, well-mannered, self-respecting and anti-superstitious people. He was also a biased wife. So he encouraged Begum Rokeya to teach English. Even before the death of 1909, she gave ten thousand rupees for the education of girls. Begum Rokeya was childless. His two daughters were born. But they were prematurely dead.

Obstruction of Bangla language: Begum Rokeya grabbed the Bangla language in her strong adverse stream of Urdu. Her husband and guardians were all opposed to Bangla language. But in spite of this, he continued to practice Bengali language. Besides, he also took the vow to teach Sakhawat Hossain Bangla. The desperate struggle that he had to struggle to continue the practice of Bangla language is in his letter dated to Karimunnesa, in the second volume of the book 'Motichur'.

Although he did not learn English language studies, Begum Rokeya did not have much knowledge about English language. His writings are the proofs of Olofvat, Sultana's Dream. Besides, the letter written in English is given to various famous people.

Literary works: Begum Rokeyaai is the first notable author in modern awakening Bengali Muslim society. In the field of literature, he was known as Mrs RS Hossain. His first published pamphlet was published. This was first published in 1901 in 'Nabprabha'. Apart from this, many of his writings were published in newspapers like Nabanur, Saogat, Mohammadi etc. The number of his books is five. These are: Motichur (first volume), Sultan's dream, Motichur (second volume), Padmarg and Siege of Border. In addition, a few more essays and correspondences were found in recent studies.

Literature and Women's Release

"Whoever has a good sense of domestic affairs, who is well-versed in the rules of the rule of law," said Begum Rokeya. So, to make women aware about the rights of women, they want to establish the human entity. He chose literary as the medium to sever the prejudice of Muslim women's society and to remove the problem. He used to say, "India is not awakened, nor will India awake." So he fought for the awakening of women through his writings. According to the liberation story, "The liberation of the country is impossible until the girls wake up." According to Begum Rokeya, the main condition of this awakening is education. In his words, "we have not been able to get the fair advantage of men as we fall behind." He understood that education is the step of self-reliance. So he took education as the vow of life. Personal misfortune, financial problems, social barriers, folklore could not remove anything from this vow. In this essay, he has sung the victory of this education, given the initiation of women's liberation, in the essence of women's deterioration, Ardangi, Sugarini, Burka, House, Jaago-Goi sister etc.

Social organizer: Begum Rokeya was not only writer, she was one of the pioneers of women awakening. In 1909, he established Sakhawat Memorial Girls' School with five students in Bhagalpur on 1 October. He created a movement based on this school. This practitioner took the trend of education forward. On the other hand, in 1916 he established a women's association called "Anjuman Khawatin Islam". Until his death, he was engaged in the work of this school and women's society.

Begum Jatra: Begum Rokeya died on December 9, 1932, at the age of 52, died of sudden cardiac arrest. He was engaged in writing an essay titled "Women's Rights" before eleven o'clock on the night before his death. He was buried in a family graveyard near Sodapur, in the twenty-four Pargna district near Kolkata. In his memory, two public meetings were held at Albert Hall (present day coffee house) in Calcutta and later at Sakhawat Memorial Girls School. In that grief, Hindu Muslims joined together. In a speech there, Syed Emdad Ali said, "I do not know how the Muslim community in Bengal is paying tribute to the memory of any Muslim man in Bengal."

Conclusion: The advent of Begum Rokeya as a precursor of women emancipation in Bengali Muslim society is really amazing. Because until he died, he fought for women's emancipation, for the purpose of women education. Begum Rokeya's contribution to the present women society that can be educated in modern education. That is why he was in sixth position on the list of the best Bengalis of all time in the 2004 BBC poll. So in the language of Abul Hussain it can be said that "Thinking women like him are really females, pride of all human beings.