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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi activist, writer, and academic (1933–2018)}}<br />
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|name=Halima Khatun <br />
|native_name=হালিমা খাতুন<br />
|native_name_lang=bn<br />
|nationality=Bangladeshi<br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1933|08|25|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Bagerhat]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|alma_mater=[[University of Dhaka]]<br/>[[Rajshahi University]]<br/>[[University of Northern Colorado]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|2018|07|03|1933|08|25|df=y}}<br />
|death_place=[[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
}}<br />
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'''Halima Khatun''' (25 August 1933 – 3 July 2018)<ref name=nashid>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/showbiz/lifes-lyrics/professor-dr-halima-khatun-1627246 |title=Professor Dr. Halima Khatun |date=2018-09-01 |author=Nashid Kamal |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi activist, writer and academic. She took part in [[Bengali Language Movement]] in 1952 along with other activists including [[Rawshan Ara Bachchu]].<ref name=warrior/> She was the recipient of [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] in 1981 and [[Ekushey Padak]] posthumously in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=1315 |script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা |language=bn |trans-title=Winners list |access-date=23 August 2017 |publisher=Bangla Academy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/ekushey-padak-2019-21-named-1698274 |title=21 named for Ekushey Padak |date=2019-02-07 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> <br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Khatun was born in [[Bagerhat]] in the then [[British India]] to Maulovi Abdur Rahman and Doulatunnesa.<ref name=veteran/> She completed her master's in English literature from the [[University of Dhaka]] and later in Bengali from [[Rajshahi University]].<ref name=dies>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/07/03/language-movement-activist-halima-khatun-dies-at-86 |title=Language Movement activist Halima Khatun dies at 86 |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2019-02-07 |date=2018-07-03}}</ref> She earned her PhD in education from the [[University of Northern Colorado]] in 1968.<ref name=veteran/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Khatun began her teaching career at Khulna Coronation School and RK Girls College.<ref name=dies/> She later joined the Education Research Institute of the University of Dhaka until her retirement in 1997.<ref name=dies/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1981)<ref name=veteran>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/156303 |title=Language veteran Halima Khatun passes away |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=2019-02-06 |date=2018-07-03}}</ref><br />
* Bangladesh Shishu Academy Sahitya Puraskar (1999)<ref name=veteran/><br />
* [[Anannya Top Ten Awards|Anannya Top Ten Award]] (2005)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/03/03/d60303060956.htm |title=Ten women receive Anannya award |date=3 March 2006 |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref><br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2019)<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Khatun's only daughter, Progga Laboni, is a notable recitation artist and a book publisher.<ref name=dies/><ref name=warrior>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/07/05/tributes-pour-in-for-language-movement-warrior-halima-khatun |title=Tributes pour in for Language Movement warrior Halima Khatun |date=2018-07-05 |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/04/29/reciter-freedom-fighter-kazi-arif-dies-in-new-york-hospital |title=Reciter, freedom fighter Kazi Arif dies in New York hospital |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2019-02-07 |date=2017-04-29}}</ref> Her niece, [[Suborna Mustafa]], is an actress.<ref name=veteran/><br />
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[[Category:1933 births]]<br />
[[Category:2018 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bagerhat District]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Rajshahi alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Northern Colorado alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali language movement activists]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi women writers]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi women academics]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of Bangla Academy Award]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
[[Category:Burials at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard]]</div>Bot