Gole Afroz
| Gole Afroz গোল-ই আফ্রোজ | |
|---|---|
 Young Gole Afroz in 1960s | |
| Born |
Begum Gole Afroz British Empire (now Bangladesh) |
| Residence |
 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Known for | Gole Afroz College |
| Family | Singranatore family |
Begum Gole Afroz (Bengali: গোল-ই আফ্রোজ, born 1947) is a Bangladeshi socialite and member of the prominent Singranatore family, the wife of politician M. M. Rahmat Ullah. She is the oldest daughter of Gulbadan Begum of Natore, the oldest child of Jalaluddin Mirza and her husband Shamez Uddin Ahmed.
Legacy
Gole Afroz being received by the people in Natore
The Gole Afroz College, the first public college in Singra (now under the Government of Bangladesh) was named in her honor during the provincial government of East Pakistan in 1970. After the devastating war of 1971, a private college, the Rahmat Iqbal College was set up and named her second born son.[1][2]
See also
Sources
- ↑ Soszynski, Henry (1996). "Brief history of the Singranatore family" (Website). Australia: Genealogical Gleanings of the Indian Princely States. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ↑ Prothista Porichiti: Gole Afroz Shorkari Degree College 1996.
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