Taiyaba Majumder (1921 – 18 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi housewife and recipient of the

Begum Rokeya Padak Begum Rokeya Padak, named after Begum Rokeya, is a Bangladeshi national honour conferred on individual women for their exceptional achievement. The award is given by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. The ...

. She was the mother of former Prime Minister as well opposition leader of Bangladesh and B.N.P. Chairperson Begum

Khaleda Zia Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Ba ...

, former minister

Khurshid Jahan Begum Khurshida Jahan Haq (11 August 1939 – 14 June 2006) (nicknamed 'Chocolate Apa') was the Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006, serving under her sister, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. During her ter ...

(1939–2006), politician

Sayeed Iskander Sayeed Iskander (13 January 1953 – 23 September 2012) was a Bangladeshi politician and army major. He was a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from 2001 to 2006, representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from the Feni-1 constituency. He wa ...

(1953–2012) and Shamim Iskander.

Biography

Taiyaba Majumder was married to Iskandar Majumder. They lived in Dinajpur District but were originally from

Noakhali district Noakhali ( bn, নোয়াখালী, , New canal), historically known as Bhulua ( bn, ভুলুয়া), is a district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in the Chittagong Division. It was established as district in 1821, and offici ...

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

. They had two daughters,

and

, and two sons including,

. Her daughter Khaleda Zia, married Major

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d' ...

. Ziaur Rahman would go on to become the chief of

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and then the

President of Bangladesh The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশে ...

and Khaleda Zia would become the first lady. After the death of Ziaur Rahman. Khaleda Zia became the chairperson of

Bangladesh Nationalist party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

and was elected

Prime Minister of Bangladesh The Prime Minister of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Bangladesher Prodhanmontri), officially Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজা� ...

multiple times. On 25 January 2004 she was awarded the

by the government of Bangladesh, her awarded was handed to her by President of Bangladesh

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. She was given the award for contribution to women's right and economic development in

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She died on 18 January 2008 at the age of 87 in Dinazpur . On 18 June 2013,

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

member of parliament Nazma Akhtar used derogatory comments about her and questioned her religion in

parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

which resulted in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's members of parliament walking out of the parliament in protest.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Majumder, Taiyaba 2008 deaths Recipients of Begum Rokeya Padak Bangladeshi women activists 1921 births Majumder–Zia family