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The Begum: A Portrait of Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan Pakistan’s Pioneering First Lady Paperback – January 1, 2019

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Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan was the wife of Pakistan’s first prime minister. She was born Irene Margaret Pant in Kumaon in the early twentieth century. Always intelligent, outgoing and independent, she was teaching economics in a Delhi college when she met Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, a rising politician in the Muslim League who championed the cause for Pakistan. They married in 1933 and Irene Pant became Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan. In August 1947, they left for Pakistan where Ra’ana set about working for nation building. After Liaquat Ali Khan’s assassination in 1951, she continued to be active in public life and her contribution to All Pakistan Women’s Association (APWA) and women’s empowerment in Pakistan is felt to this day. Her story embodies all the major tropes of the Indian subcontinent’s recent history. She participated actively in all the major movements of her time—the freedom struggle, the Pakistan Movement and the fight for women’s empowerment. It is this spirit that this book captures.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP (January 1, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199407584
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199407583
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.2 pounds
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Deepa Agarwal, nee Rawat, was born in Almora, Uttarakhand, a small town in the Himalayan region of India. Her father was a doctor and her mother a schoolteacher. One of six siblings, Deepa spent her childhood in the picturesque Kumaon region which forms the background of many of her books. Childhood escapades have provided material for stories like "Fire", about an incident when she and her friend accidentally set the pine forest around her home on fire. Deepa's family history too, has inspired books like CARAVAN TO TIBET. Her grandfather belonged to a nomadic tribe known as the Shaukas, who traveled to Tibet to trade. When he converted to Christianity and married an indigo planter's daughter, he had to leave his community and settled in Almora.

Deepa did her master's in English from the University of Allahabad, where she met her future husband Dilip. She taught English in a Delhi University college for a few years, then opted to become a homemaker. In the mid 80's she took up free-lance writing and eventually made a name in the genre of children's literature. However, she writes poetry and fiction for adults as well and has translated Hindi classics like CHANDRAKANTA into English.

At present Deepa lives in Delhi, India. She has three daughters, Garima, Sonali and Geetika and five grandchildren: Adya, Kartik, Aanya, Anika and Ahan.

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Shifalika Goenka
5.0 out of 5 stars Suffragette s of South Asia,
Reviewed in India on April 25, 2021
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‘The Begum: A Portrait of Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan’s Pioneering First Lady’
It’s a superbly researched and written account of the pioneering Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan the wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan originally from India. “Born as Irene Pant, she married Liaquat Ali Khan and moved to Pakistan at the time of partition, becoming the first, first lady of the new country The lady was an amazing, determined and stellar person who despite being in an Islamic state did monumental deeds for uplifting and inspiring women with innovativeness, determination and grit.

I am engrossed in the book - Excellent characterization, flow and purpose.
I can visualize the environment, Irene "s demur, movements and her personality , the social political educational environment in those times. It’s an eye opener book. Looks like it's pretty much parallel to the Suffragette movement of the west
I also see the Kumaon girls and their conviction of purpose supported by independent thinking and a strong educational foundation. Only Deepa Agrawal could have done justice to her biography being herself from the same region and almost neighbors to the Pant family. More later --- on the book later
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Sono
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2019
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It is good
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Chani Gupta
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in India on July 22, 2019
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Worth reading. Gives a glimpse of state of people in Almora region and life of Irene Margaret Pant later know as Rana
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ahan hingarh
2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good one
Reviewed in India on May 28, 2020
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Seriously not worth reading it’s too general not good research. It for people who have just started reading. Outer cover was second hand
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Isha
3.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Reviewed in India on March 29, 2019
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In love with history, the stories I love actually I nurture them.... this one is good but expected more to be in this...
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