Amjadi Bano

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]

Amjadi Bano Begum
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 1946 – 28 March 1947
Personal details
Born	1885 Rampur
Died	28 March 1947 Bombay, India
Spouse	Mohammad Ali Jauhar (m. 1902)
Relations	Abadi Bano Begum (mother-in-law)
Children	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]

Early life

Bano was born in 1885 to Azmat Ali Khan, a high official of Rampur State, and received primary education at her home.^[7]

Personal life

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.^{[citation needed]}

Death and legacy

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'.