Noorjahan or Nurjahan was a Bangladesh cabinet minister and social activist.
Background
Noorjahan was born as Noorjahan Beg in Taranagar, Murshidabad, on 22 May 1924. The fourth of seven daughters of Janab Ayub Hussain Beg and Bibi Khatimunnessa, she received her early schooling at home under the strict guidance of her father, chief of police, daroga, in Lalgola, Murshidabad, under the British Police Service.
Education
The fourth of seven daughters of Janab Ayub Hussain Beg and Bibi Khatimunnessa, she received her early schooling at home under the strict guidance of her father, chief of police, daroga, in Lalgola, Murshidabad, under the British Police Service. She finished her secondary education with a first division at Victoria Institution, Calcutta. She received a master"s degree in history from Calcutta University.
Career
Noorjehan Murshid was diagnosed with cancer in 2002, and died on 1 September 2003 in Dhaka.