Amjadi Bano Begum
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| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 1946 – 28 March 1947 | |
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| Born | 1885 Rampur |
| Died | 28 March 1947 Bombay, India |
| Spouse | Mohammad Ali Jauhar (m. 1902) |
| Relations | Abadi Bano Begum (mother-in-law) |
| Children | 4 |
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Amjadi Bano (1885-28 March 1947) also known as Amjadi Bano Begum was an Indian revolutionary, freedom fighter, politician and journalist.[1] She was married to Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar.[2][3] She was the lone women in the first working committee of the Muslim League.[4] She also attended the First Round Table Conference in London.[5] She established Roznama Hind, an Urdu daily to spread the message of freedom. She was elected unopposed for a seat in Uttar Pradesh in the general elections of 1946.[6]
Bano was born in 1885 to Azmat Ali Khan, a high official of Rampur State, and received primary education at her home.[7]
Bano was married to Muhammad Ali Jauhar, her cousin, at the age of 17 in 1902. She started her career in activism with her husband and Bi Amma, her mother-in-law.[8]
They had four daughters, two of them dying at 19.
Bano died on 28 March 1947 and was buried at Khilafat House, Bombay (now Mumbai).[9]
Mahatma Gandhi, in his Young India of 29 November 1921, wrote a special article about her entitled 'A Brave Woman'.
