Sanjida Khatun


Sanjida Khatun was a Bangladeshi musicologist. She was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1998 and
Ekushey Padak in 1991 by the government of Bangladesh and Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2021.

Life and career

Khatun completed her bachelor's in Bengali literature from the University of Dhaka in 1955. She earned her MA degree in Bangla language from Visva Bharati University in 1957.
After teaching at Eden Mohila College and Carmichael College Khatun joined the faculty of the University of Dhaka to teach Bengali literature.
Khatun was one of the founders of Bangladesh Mukti Sangrami Shilpi Sangstha during the Liberation War in 1971 and Chhayanaut in the early 1960s. She served as the president of Chhayanaut.
Khatun was married to Wahidul Huq and had three children: Apala Farhat Naved, Partha Tanveer Naved, and Ruchira Tabassum Naved.
She died in Dhaka on 25 March 2025, at the age of 91.

Awards

Contribution to the liberation war

At the beginning of the Liberation War, she travelled from Rangpur to Dhaka. From there, she moved to the village of Zirab in Savar and then crossed into India through the Cumilla border. A few cultural activists accompanied her. They stayed in Agartala, India, for some time before entering Kolkata on 5 May 1971. There, she began uniting cultural activists in support of the Liberation War.

Notable books

Khatun wrote a total of 16 books. Notable among them are:Kabi Satyendranath Dutta Rabindrasangeeter Bhavasampad Dhwani Theke Kabita Atit Diner Smriti Rabindranath: Bibidha Sandhan Dhwanir Katha O Abritir Katha Swadhinatar Abhijatra Sahitya Katha O Sanskriti Katha Janani Janmabhumi Rabindranath Ebong Rabindranath Shantiniketaner Dinguli
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