Pairabondh, Rangpur, Bengal Presidency, British India

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Pairabondh in Rangpur, then part of the Bengal Presidency in British India, is historically notable as the rural birthplace of pioneering Bengali feminist and social reformer Begum Rokeya.

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instanceOf human settlement
village
countryDuringBirthOfBegumRokeya British India
describedAs rural area
hasCulturalContext Bengali Muslim rural society
hasHistoricalEra British colonial period in India
hasLanguage Bengali
hasNotablePersonBornHere Begum Rokeya
historicalRegion Bengal
locatedIn Rangpur
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Bengal Presidency
Rangpur District
linked to: Rangpur Division
locatedInCountry British India
locatedInPresentDayCountry Bangladesh
locatedInPresentDayDivision Rangpur Division
notableAs birthplace of Begum Rokeya
partOf Bengal Presidency
Rangpur region
linked to: Rangpur Division
significance associated with early Bengali Muslim women’s education movement through Begum Rokeya
timeOfNotability early 20th century
late 19th century

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Begum Rokeya birthPlace Pairabondh, Rangpur, Bengal Presidency, British India