Mumtaz Shahnawaz
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Mumtaz Shahnawaz was a Pakistan
i diplomat and writer.
family of Lahore, she was born to Mian Shahnawaz and his politically active wife, Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
. Thus, she was the granddaughter of Sir Muhammad Shafi, the influential leader from Punjab.
and friends was greatly influenced by Jinnah. Mumtaz Shahnawaz died at the age of 35 in a plane crash months after the creation of Pakistan, en route to New York to represent Pakistan at the UN General Assembly, the first woman in Asia to preside over a legislative session.
. It tells the story of a Muslim family in North India during the 1940s. It provides a detailed account of Independence and Partition, though it stops short of the Partition riots. She died in 1948; leaving behind a first draft, which her family published unedited 11 years later. Hers is possibly the first English South Asian novel to have been written about Partition
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i diplomat and writer.
Family
Belonging to the most powerful and rich ArainArain
The Arain , are a Muslim agricultural caste settled mainly in the Punjab, with significant numbers also in Sindh. They are chiefly associated with farming, traditionally being landlords or zamindars.- Origin :...
family of Lahore, she was born to Mian Shahnawaz and his politically active wife, Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz was a politician in British India and in Pakistan. She was the first woman to preside over an Asian legislature.-Family:...
. Thus, she was the granddaughter of Sir Muhammad Shafi, the influential leader from Punjab.
Pakistan Movement
Like her mother, Mumtaz Shahnawaz was drawn into the national movement as a Congress member but slowly shifted her sympathies towards to the Muslim League. Mumtaz or Tanzee as she was known to her familyMian Family Baghbanpura
Mian family of Baghbanpura is a Pakistani noble family. It has enjoyed a prominent role in Punjabi and Pakistani politics since the days of the Mughal Empire...
and friends was greatly influenced by Jinnah. Mumtaz Shahnawaz died at the age of 35 in a plane crash months after the creation of Pakistan, en route to New York to represent Pakistan at the UN General Assembly, the first woman in Asia to preside over a legislative session.
Literary skills
Her novel, The Heart Divided was the first novel on the partition of IndiaPartition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
. It tells the story of a Muslim family in North India during the 1940s. It provides a detailed account of Independence and Partition, though it stops short of the Partition riots. She died in 1948; leaving behind a first draft, which her family published unedited 11 years later. Hers is possibly the first English South Asian novel to have been written about Partition