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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Husna Banu Khanam<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|02|18|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|05|30|1922|02|18|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| occupation = Educationist, musician, journalist<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| relatives = [[Fazle Lohani]] (brother) <br/> [[Fateh Lohani]] (brother) <br/> [[Syed Muhammed Abul Faiz]] (son-in-law)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2006/04/29/prof-dr-husna-banu-passes-away|title=Prof Dr Husna Banu passes away|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref> <br/> [[G.A.K. Lohani]] (uncle)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Husna Banu Khanam''' (18 February 1922 – 30 May 2006) was a Bangladeshi educationist, writer and [[Nazrul Geeti|Nazrul singer]]. She was a pioneer of [[Bengali Muslim]] women journalism.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সাংবাদিকতায় বাঙালি মুসলিম নারী|url=http://www.dailysangram.com/post/104178-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80|work=The Daily Sangram |language=bn |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/05/22/d605221403144.htm|title=Fakir Alamgir's four decades in music|date=22 May 2006|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> In 1999, she received the [[Ekushey Padak]] Award<ref>{{cite web|title=Ekushey Padak Winners|url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/en/images/pdf/Ekushe%20Padak%20Prapto%20List%201976-%202014%20.pdf|website=Ministry of Culture|publisher=Ministry of Culture (Bangladesh) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912045305/http://www.moca.gov.bd/en/images/pdf/Ekushe%20Padak%20Prapto%20List%201976-%202014%20.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2014|access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> for her contribution in music, and in 2004, she received the Begum Rokeya Medal<ref name="Muhammad Rahim">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbaPAAAAQBAJ&q=Husna+Banu+Khanam&pg=RA1-PT360|title=Memoirs of A Life Insurance Icon: Khuda Buksh|author=Muhammad Rahim|date=8 June 2010|isbn=9781469120904|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> for her contribution to the socio-economic development of women by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name="Muhammad Rahim"/><br />
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==Background==<br />
Khanam was born in a Muslim family of British India (now Bangladesh) of [[Pabna District]]. Her father Abu Yusuf Mohammad Siddik Hossain Khan Lohani was a journalist and literary. Her Mother Fatema Lohani was a teacher. Two brothers, [[Fazle Lohani]] and [[Fateh Lohani]] were cultural figures. From childhood, she was interested in music and practiced regular music. Poet Golam Mostafa gave her a harmonium gift. When poet [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] was speechless, she used to go to his home to listen to him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/cellist-razef-khan-basks-the-greatness-bach-114121|title=Cellist Razef Khan: Basks in the greatness of Bach|date=21 July 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Shakib Lohani|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Khanam studied in Rokeya Sakhawat Memorial School. She continued her education even after she got married in class 7. In 1959, she completed her post-graduation in Philosophy from [[University of Dhaka]] and went to the [[United States]] with a scholarship. There she completed an MS in Arts and Crafts.<ref name=rokeya>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/12/10/d41210100163.htm|title=Ensure social security of women: PM|newspaper=The Daily Star|agency=UNB|date=10 December 2004|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> When she returned from the United States, she joined as a professor at the [[College of Home Economics, Dhaka|Home Economics College]] in Dhaka.<ref name=rokeya/> Alongside, she used to do journalism. She was the first Muslim film woman journalist and founder member of the Pakistan Journalist Association formed in 1967. SHe was in charge of the movie page of [[Begum (magazine)|Begum Magazine]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সেই চেনা অচেনা 'বেগম'|url=http://www.banglatribune.com/national/news/107237/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AE%E2%80%99|work=Bangla Tribune|access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Music life==<br />
Khanam gets the opportunity to sing in [[All India Radio]] without any audition. During [[Kalkata, India|Calcutta]], she practiced [[Rabindra Sangeet]] and earned a reputation there. She established herself as one of the leading Muslim artists of Calcutta Radio. In 1950, she returned to [[Dhaka]] from Kolkata and started living permanently. She came to Dhaka and continued to practice music and performed music in radio. Along with the radio, she also played playback in her film ''Akash and Mati'' and ''Aasia'' directed by his brother [[Fateh Lohani]].<br />
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==Books==<br />
* Garhasthya Arthaniti Paribasha <ref>{{cite web|script-title=bn:গার্হস্থ্য অর্থনীতি পরিভাষা - হাসনা বানু খানম|url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/1927/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE|website=www.rokomari.com|access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1999)<br />
* [[Begum Rokeya Padak]] (2004)<br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
Khanam died on 30 May 2006. A commemorative book titled ''Pathikrit Sangskritik Bektitya Husna Banu Khanam'' on her life was published in August 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-176|title=A commemorative book on Husna Banu Khanam launched|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=16 August 2007|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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