Zobeda Khanom Chowdhury

Zobeda Khanom Chowdhury (Bengali: জোবেদা খানম চৌধুরী; 1901-1986), wanda aka fi sani da Zobeda Rahim Chowdhury (Bengali: জোবেডা রহিম চৌধrocী),  tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan mata da suka shiga cikin ƙungiyar yaren Bengali daga Sylhet  kuma mata ce ta farko a siyasar Bangladesh.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Zobeda Khanom a shekara ta 1901, a cikin iyalin Musulmi na Bengali a Jorhat, Assam . Mahaifinta shine Khan Bahadur Sharafat Ali Chowdhury kuma mahaifiyarta Nurjahan Begum . Ita ce ta biyu cikin 'ya'ya goma, hudu daga cikinsu sun fito ne daga auren mahaifinta na biyu. Iyalin sun fito ne daga Shilghat, Golapganj a Sylhet,  amma Chowdhury ya koma Assam don aiki. Ta fara karatunta ne a Dibrugarh, kuma a Assam, inda mahaifinta ke aiki a lokacin. Daga nan sai ta shiga Kwalejin Eden Mohila a Dacca, inda ta zama ɗalibar musulmi ta farko a kwalejin.

A cikin 1928, an gudanar da taron daliban musulmi na Sylhet, wanda masu kama da Qazi Nazrul Islam, AK Fazlul Huq, da Muhammad Shahidullah suka halarta. Ta fara zama shugabar Majalisar Mata ta Gundumar Sylhet sannan daga baya ta bar jam'iyyar kuma ta zama shugabar kungiyar Mata Musulmi ta Gunduma ta Sylhet a shekara ta 1943. 

A cikin 1919, mahaifinta ya shirya ta auri Dewan Abdur Rahim Chowdhury, wanda ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokokin Assam . Suna da 'ya'ya maza biyar da mata huɗu.

 Yunkurin siyasa 
Ita ce shugabar kungiyar mata ta Sylhet .

Da suke neman a mayar da harshen Bengali ya zama harshen gwamnati, matan gundumar Sylhet sun haɗu da Ministan Sadarwa a farkon motsin harshe a shekarar 1948, daga baya suka miƙa takardar ga Firayim Ministan Gabashin Bengal na wancan lokacin. A nan ta taka rawa sosai. Bayan aika wannan takardar, sun fuskanci matsin lamba ta hanyoyi daban-daban. A wancan lokacin, jaridar Eastern Herald, wata jarida mai goyon bayan Urdu a Sylhet, a cikin editan ta, ta yi maganganu marasa daɗi game da shugaba Zobeda Khanom da takardar. Syeda Najibunnesa Khatun, wata babbar mai fafutukar harshe, ta yi zanga-zanga kan wannan sanarwar rashin kunya. Ta ce a cikin wata takardar zanga-zanga da aka buga a fitowar Nau-Belal ta ranar 12 ga Maris: "Waɗanda duk da kasancewarsu masu magana da harshen Bengali na Gabashin Pakistan suna adawa da harshensu na asali, yara ne masu cin amana... Ta wace hanya ce Musulmai marasa jin harshen Urdu na Sylhet suka fi ƙanƙanta wajen bin ƙa'idodin Musulunci fiye da waɗanda suka ƙware a Urdu ? Akasin haka, mutanen da suka san sun bayyana ra'ayin cewa al'ada da gado sun cancanci matsayi mai girma a tsakanin Musulmai na Sylhet a duk Gabashin Pakistan." 

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1901
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1986
Rukuni:CS1 Bengali-language sources (bn)