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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name | | name = Begum Aizaz Rasul | ||
| image | | image = BegumAizazRasul1938.png | ||
| alt | | alt = A South Asian woman with hair parted center and dressed in marcelled waves, wearing round glasses and a silk shawl with a pendant necklace and earrings | ||
| caption | | caption = Begum Aizaz Rasul, from a 1938 issue of ''The Indian Listener'' | ||
| birth_name | | birth_name = Begum Saheba Qudsia | ||
| birth_date | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|04|02|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place | | birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_date | | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|08|01|1909|04|02|df=y}} | ||
| death_place | | death_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]] | ||
| office = Member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]] | | office = Member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]] | ||
| term_start | | term_start = 9 December 1946 | ||
| term_end | | term_end = 24 January 1950 | ||
| nationality | | nationality = | ||
| other_names | | other_names = | ||
| occupation | | occupation = Politician, writer, social activist | ||
| years_active | | years_active = | ||
| known_for | | known_for = Only [[Muslim]] woman to be a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] | ||
| awards | | awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2000) | ||
| notable_works = | | notable_works = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul''' (2 April 1909 – 1 August 2001) was the only [[Muslim]] woman in the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] that drafted the [[Constitution of India]].<ref name="George 2018">{{cite web | last=George | first=Christina | title=Begum Aizaz Rasul: The only Muslim woman to oppose minority reservations in the Constituent Assembly | website=The Indian Express | date=2018-02-14 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/gender/begum-aizaz-rasul-the-only-muslim-woman-to-oppose-minority-reservations-in-the-constituent-assembly-5057096/ | access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> | '''Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul''' (2 April 1909 – 1 August 2001) was the only [[Muslim]] woman in the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] that drafted the [[Constitution of India]].<ref name="George 2018">{{cite web | last=George | first=Christina | title=Begum Aizaz Rasul: The only Muslim woman to oppose minority reservations in the Constituent Assembly | website=The Indian Express | date=2018-02-14 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/gender/begum-aizaz-rasul-the-only-muslim-woman-to-oppose-minority-reservations-in-the-constituent-assembly-5057096/ | access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> | ||
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Begum Rasool was born on 2 April 1909 as Qudsia Begum, daughter of Sir Zulfiqar Ali Khan by his wife Mahmuda Sultana. Her father, Sir Zulfiqar, belonged to a collateral branch of the ruling family of [[Malerkotla]] princely state in Punjab. Her mother, Mahmuda Sultan, was the daughter of Nawab Allauddin Ahmed Khan, Nawab of Loharu. | Begum Rasool was born on 2 April 1909 as Qudsia Begum, daughter of Sir Zulfiqar Ali Khan by his wife Mahmuda Sultana. Her father, Sir Zulfiqar, belonged to a collateral branch of the ruling family of [[Malerkotla]] princely state in Punjab. Her mother, Mahmuda Sultan, was the daughter of Nawab Allauddin Ahmed Khan, Nawab of Loharu. | ||
Qudsia was married in 1929, to Nawab Aizaz Rasul, the ''[[taluqdar]]'' ([[landowner]]) of [[Sandila]] in [[Hardoi district]] of what was then [[Oudh]] (now a part of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The match was arranged by Sir Malcolm Hailey and the marriage was entirely harmonious. Two years after the wedding, when Qudsia was fourteen, her father died in 1931. Shortly after this happened, her in-laws came and took her away to Sandila, which was to be her home in life and where she lies buried after her death. In Sandila, Qudsia came to be addressed after her husband's name as "Begum Aizaz Rasool," and this is the name by which she is known in all public records. | Qudsia was married in 1929, to Nawab Aizaz Rasul, the ''[[taluqdar]]'' ([[landowner]]) of [[Sandila]] in [[Hardoi district]] of what was then [[Oudh]] (now a part of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The match was arranged by [[Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey|Sir Malcolm Hailey]] and the marriage was entirely harmonious. Two years after the wedding, when Qudsia was fourteen, her father died in 1931. Shortly after this happened, her in-laws came and took her away to Sandila, which was to be her home in life and where she lies buried after her death. In Sandila, Qudsia came to be addressed after her husband's name as "Begum Aizaz Rasool," and this is the name by which she is known in all public records. | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||