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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Selina Banu
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|10|12|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|01|26|1926|10|12|df=y}}
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| nationality = [[British Raj]] (1926–1947)<br/>Pakistani (1947–1971)<br/>Bangladeshi (1971–1983)
| other_names =
| occupation = Politician, social activist
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'''Selina Banu''' (12 October 1926 – 26 January 1983) was a Bangladeshi politician, social activist, and feminist.<ref>{{cite news |title="When the war was over, our struggle ended but the struggle of the Biranganas had just begun."|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/independence-day-special-2015/when-the-war-was-over-our-struggle-ended-the-struggle-the|newspaper=The Daily Star|accessdate=1 November 2017|language=en|date=26 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=War hero Selina fought for repression-free society|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-87048|newspaper=The Daily Star|accessdate=1 November 2017|language=en|date=6 May 2009}}</ref>

==Early life==
Banu was born in [[Pabna]], [[Pabna District]], [[East Bengal]], British Raj. Her father Washim Uddin Ahmad was a member of the [[Bengal Legislative Council]]. She joined the Communist Study Group. She graduated from Pabna Girls' School in 1943 and from [[Pabna Edward College]] in 1945.<ref name="topu">{{cite web |last1=Topu |first1=Ahmed Humayun Kabir |title=Language Movement in Pabna: Two heroes still not recognised |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/language-movement-pabna-two-female-heroes-still-not-recognised-1870948 |website=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref> She finished her master's degree from Pabna Edward College in 1949.<ref name="topu" /> She graduated from Dhaka Teacher's Training College in 1961. She worked in food and shelter houses managed by the women's Self-defence Association during the [[1943 Bengal Famine]].<ref name="uzk">{{cite web|last1=Siddiqui|first1=Mamun|title=Banu, Selina|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Banu,_Selina|website=Banglapedia|access-date=1 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Banu joined Pabna Government Girls' School as a teacher. She joined Awami League in 1953 and was elected Women Secretary to the provincial committee. She was elected to the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]] next year from the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]]. She was nominated whip by Awami League. She criticised the police treatment of [[Ila Mitra]] and asked for and to her detention. She was elected to the Central Committee of the [[National Awami Party]]. She would later work as a teacher in Rangpur Government Girls' School and from 1959 to 1964 in Nari Sikkhsa Mondir. She was the headmistress of Pabna Central Girls' School.<ref name="uzk" />

Banu joined Farida Bidyatan school as the headmistress in 1964. She joined the Moscow aligned fraction of the National Awami Party in 1967. After Dr. [[Mohammad Shamsuzzoha]] was killed in [[Rajshahi University]], she presided over a protest in [[Comilla]] in 1969. During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] she worked in the refugee camps in [[Bidhan Nagar|Salt Lake city]] and [[Agartala]].<ref name="uzk" /> Her daughter, [[Shirin Banu]], fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war dressed as a man.<ref>{{cite news |title=Freedom fighter Shirin Banu passes away|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/freedom-fighter-shirin-banu-passes-away-1257445|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=1 November 2017|language=en|date=22 July 2016}}</ref>

==Death==
Banu died at age 56.<ref name="uzk" />

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Banu, Selina}}
[[Category:Bangladeshi feminists]]
[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Pabna District]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi politicians]]
[[Category:Pabna Edward College alumni]]

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