Jahanara may refer to:
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Jahanara of Palanpur
Begum Jahanara of Palanpur (née Joan Falkiner) (1915-2003) was an Australian heiress who became the Begum of Palanpur, Palanpur, India, during the mid 20th-century. Her life story was later recorded in a biography written by a distant cousin, Aust ...
(1915–2003), born Joan Falkiner, Australian-born
Begum
Begum (also begüm, bagum, begom, begam, baigum or beygum) is a royal and aristocratic title from Central and South Asia. It is the feminine equivalent of the title ''baig'' or '' bey'', which in Turkic languages means "higher official". It us ...
of Palanpur
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Jahanara Ahmed
Jahanara Ahmed is a Bangladeshi television actress. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 by the government of Bangladesh in arts (television and film) category.
Career
Ahmed joined Bangladesh Betar in 1962 in a live programme ''Jibontika''. She ...
, Bangladeshi actress
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Jahanara Alam
Jahanara Alam ( bn, জাহানারা আলম; born 1 April 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh women's national cricket team. She is a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-handed batter. She was a member ...
(born 1993), Bangladeshi cricketer
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Jahanara Begum
Jahanara Begum (23 March 1614 – 16 September 1681) was a Mughal princess and later the Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire from 1631 to 1658 and again from 1668 until her death. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Emperor Shah ...
(1614–1681), Mughal princess
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Jahan Ara Begum Surma
Jahan Ara Begum Surma (born 27 February 1958) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referr ...
(born 1958), Bangladesh Awami League politician
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Jahanara Begum (politician)
Jahanara Begum ( – 24 July 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician, a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rajbari-1 constituency and a State Minister of Cultural Affairs.
Career
Begum was the founding general secretary of Bangladesh Jubo Mo ...
(1942–2021), Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
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Jahanara Begum (social worker)
Jahanara Begum is a Bangladeshi social worker. Dubbed the Queen of Cottage Industry, she engages poor women in training and working in the cotton industry.
She was awarded Independence Day Award in 1993 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Backgroun ...
, Bangladeshi social worker
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Jahanara Hai
Jahanara Hai ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Mere Humdam'', '' Aatish'', ''Ek Hi Bhool'' and ''Mehndi''.
Early life
Jahanara was born in 1939 on 23rd December in Karachi, Pakistan. She completed her studie ...
(born 1939), Pakistani actress
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Jahanara Imam
Jahanara Imam (3 May 1929 – 26 June 1994) was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is known for her efforts to bring those accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War to trial. She has been called "Shaheed Ja ...
(1929–1994), Bangladeshi writer and activist
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Ananya Jahanara Kabir
Ananya Jahanara Kabir is an Indian literary scholar. She studied literature at the University of Calcutta, University of Oxford, and Cambridge University, and has taught at the University of Leeds and King's College London. She is the author of ...
, Indian literary scholar
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Jahanara Kajjan
Jahanara Kajjan (15 February 1915 – December 1945), or "Miss Kajjan", was an Indian singer and actress active during the 1920s and 1930s, often referred to as the "Nightingale of Bengal".Orsini 2006: 272
The reigning queen of early talkie ...
(1915–1945), also known as Kajjanbai, Indian singer and actress
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Jahanara Khan, Bangladeshi politician
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Jahanara Romney
Bonnie Jean Beecher ( Boettcher), later known as Jahanara Romney, (born April 25, 1941) is an American activist, and retired actress and singer.
About
Bonnie Jean Boettcher was born April 25, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Art and Jean Bo ...
(born 1941), also known as Bonnie Beecher, American activist, singer and actress
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Jahanara Shahnawaz
Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz (7 April 1896 – 27 November 1979) was a politician and Muslim League activist. She was the daughter of Sir Muhammad Shafi. Her husband was Mian Shah Nawaz. She studied at Queen Mary College, Lahore, British India ...
(1896–1979), Bangladeshi politician
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