Hena Das

Hena Das
Born(1924-02-12)12 February 1924
Sylhet, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died20 July 2009(2009-07-20) (aged 85)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
EducationMA (Bengali)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Political partyCommunist Party of Bangladesh
SpouseRohinee Das
AwardsBegum Rokeya Padak

Hena Das (Bengali: হেনা দাস; 12 February 1924 – 20 July 2009) was a Bangladeshi women's right activist and leftist. She was involved in Nankar Movement in 1948 and Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. In 2001 she was awarded Begum Rokeya Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for empowering women and raising women's issues.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.