A Muslim Woman in post colonial India

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The 75th birthday of the Indian constitution was on 26th January 2025..As we look back upon the last 75 years these are undoubtedly causes for celebration .
 But we forget  to talk about Begam Quddusia . she was the only Muslim Woman in the constituent assembly of India that drafted the constitution of India Begum Quddusia  was born on 2nd April 1909 in a elite family of Malerkotla Punjab . Her  father ,s name was Sir  Zulfiqar Ali Khan. She married to Nawab Aizaz Rasool after which she came to be known as Begum Quddusia Aizaz Rasool. The constituent assembly deliberately took three years to craft the document.Between 1947 to 1950 this document was completed.
During this time the country was partioned amid horrific violence and hatred  the constitution was drafted .Seventy five years ago the congress party was the driving force behind the deliberation of the constituent Assembly.A muslim woman Begum Quddusia Aizaz Rasool was a member of the constituent assembly.Today the congress sits on the opposition benches in the Lok sabha.While after 75years Muslim girls are facing hatred from their teachers and fellow students.They are not allowed to step into the school or college with hijab .Thus the crisis of Muslim girls are worsening as it is for  dalit and adivasi girls.
It is a painful change of fortune but not irreversible  .In 1952  she was nominated as a member of Rajya sabha.She was also the president of Indian Women,s Hockey Federation .In 2000 she was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for social work.
Her autobiography "From purdah to Parliament ,, provides an  evocative account of an elite Muslim woman coming out of Purdah .In 2001 at the age of 92  the author of 'From purdah to Parliament bid adieu to this ephemeral world...

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