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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Begum]]<br />
| name = Shamsunnahar Mahmud<br />
| native_name = শামসুন্নাহার মাহমুদ<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_date = 1908<br />
| birth_place = [[Parshuram Upazila|Guthuma]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|4|10|1908}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dacca]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan<br />
| constituency1 = NE-77 (Women's Reserved Seat-II)<br />
| office1 = Member of 3rd [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1962<br />
| term_end1 = 1965<br />
| successor1 = [[Begum Dolly Azad|Dolly Azad]]<br />
| president1 = [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]]<br />
| education = <br />
| occupation = Writer, politician and educator<br />
| spouse = <br />
| parents = Mohammad Nurullah<br />
| children = [[Mamun Mahmud]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' High School]]<br/>[[St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School|Diocesan College]]<br />
| relatives = [[Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz|Abdul Aziz]] (grandfather), [[Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury]] (brother)<br />
}}<br />
'''Shamsunnahar Mahmud''' (c. 1908 — April 10, 1964) was a writer, politician and educator in [[Bengal]] during the early 20th century. She was a leader of the women's rights movement in Bengal pioneered by [[Begum Rokeya]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Banu |first=U. A. B. Razia Akter |year=1992 |title=Islam in Bangladesh |publisher=BRILL |page=135 |ISBN=90-04-09497-0 |quote=Begum Shamsunnahar Mahmud carried Rokeya's torch in former East Pakistan from 1950 to the 1960s.}}</ref> Shamsunnahar Hall of the University of Dhaka was named after her.<ref name="bpedia" /><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Mahmud was born in 1908 in North Guthuma village, in what is now [[Parshuram Upazila]] of [[Feni District]], Bangladesh. Her father, Mohammad Nurullah, was a munsiff. [[Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz]] was her grandfather. Her brother, [[Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury]] was a politician.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Mahmud, Shamsunnahar|author=AKM Saifuzzaman}}</ref><br />
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Mahmud started her studies at [[Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School]] in [[Chittagong]], and matriculated in 1926 as a private candidate. She received her I.A. in 1928 and B.A. in 1932 at the Diocesan College of [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Amin|first= Sonia|title=The World of Muslim Women in Colonial Bengal, 1876-1939|publisher=BRILL|year=1996|ISBN=90-04-10642-1|page=159}}</ref> In 1942, she completed her [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in [[Bengali literature]].<ref name=bpedia/> After her studies she joined the women's rights movement led by [[Begum Rokeya]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
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Mahmud started her career as a teacher of Bengali literature at [[Lady Brabourne College]]. She worked as secretary to the Nikhil Banga Muslim Mahila Samity (All Bengal Muslim Women's Society). She visited Turkey and the Middle East as a representative of [[East Pakistan]] in 1952. She was elected member of the National Assembly in 1962.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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In 1961, she initiated the establishment of "The Centre for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Children".<ref name=bpedia/> She led a delegation to the [[International Council of Women]] in [[Colombo]] and joined the International Friendship Organization as Asia's regional director.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
She married Wahiduddin Mahmud in 1927. He was the Surgeon General of then East Pakistan. Together they had two sons, [[Mamun Mahmud]], a martyred freedom fighter during the 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh, and Mainuddin Mahmud, a cricketer, and sports enthusiast.<br />
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==Works==<br />
Mahmud's first poem was published in a juvenile monthly magazine ''"Angur"''. She edited the women's sections of the magazines ''"Nauroj"''and ''"Atmashakti"''. Together with her brother, Habibullah, she edited the magazine Bulbul (1933) which was published from Kolkata. She wrote books which included ''Punyamayi'' (1925), ''Phulbagicha'' (1935), ''Begum Mahal'' (1936), ''Roquia Jibani'' (1937; The first biography of Begum Rokeya), ''Shishur Shiksa'' (1939), ''Amar Dekha Turaska'' (1956) and ''Nazrulke Jeman Dekhechhi '' (1958).<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
After Mahmud's death, a women's hall of the [[University of Dhaka]] was named Shamsunnahar Hall.<ref name=bpedia/> She was awarded [[Independence Day Award]] in 1981 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] for her contribution to social work.<br />
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