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Language Movement hero Khaleda Manzoor-e-Khuda buried
Khaleda Manzoor-e-Khuda. Photo Collected
Jehangir Hussain
Khaleda Manzoor-e-Khuda, a Language Movement hero was buried at the Banani graveyard on Sunday.
She died at her residence in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Saturday afternoon. She was 89.
She was born in 1932 in the village Kazipara in 24 Pargaṇa district, West Bengal.
Khaleda, popularly known as ‘Khaleda Fancy Khanam’, received the 2023 Ekushey Padak, Bangladesh’s second highest civilian award a month ago for her role during the 1952 Language Movement.
Khaleda captured some iconic photos during the movement.
She is also remembered for her tireless efforts to help those who were either beaten or shot by police at a procession in Dhaka on Feb 21, 1952
Khaleda directed women's issues-centric programmes on Radio Pakistan in the 1950s.
A permanent member of the Bangla Academy, Khaleda was awarded the ‘Lekhika Sangha’ gold medal for her contributions to fiction and non-fiction writings in 2005.
As a philosophy alumna of Dhaka University, she endorsed and funded the award of a gold medal to students with outstanding results of the department.
She was also a linguist, singer, teacher, philanthropist and TV presenter.
'Apan Bhubane', 'Ashray Chai', 'Asha Na Purilo', 'Kana Goli's Shes Barita' are among the books written by her.