IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

ROLE OF PROMINENT MUSLIM WOMEN IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 20TH CENTURY BENGAL

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Khadija Khatun

Abstract

Development of a country crucially depends on the social status of women of that country. Discussion on its relevance had begun since few countries and it is still important in the development discourse. The present socio-economic, socio-political and socio-cultural standing of the women and their seduction, tyranny and social negligence reminds us the condition which has continued for over the centuries. Although, there are huge barriers in the Muslim Society, a class of enlightened Muslim Women folk had brought about a social resurrection by their participation in various fields of social development. Even though this movement could not completely remove the social, political and economic bondage to which they were subjected but it ensured a stable future and revival of the movement. This emancipation of Muslim women towards the end of the 19th century brought about a new sense of responsibility among Muslim women in India. message to the women of the country was clear enough that to live within the four walls of the home and looking after the house keeping work is not all. It was prerogative for the women that her duty towards her country and society had to be discharged through their assertion in the public sphere. Muslim women had a perception that they had to do something for the country and for the society themselves by coming out in public sphere and interact with society at large regardless of caste and religious differences. In the following paragraphs we discuss a series of contribution of medical profession of perception by the enlightened Muslim women towards the society and the nation building.

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