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Headmistress of a girls’ school in Dhaka

August 31, 2011 — 1950s, Bangladesh, Education, Selected for the Rainmakers exhibit., Teaching and Schooling

1954: Basanti Guhathakurta, headmistress of Maniza Rahman Girls School, Gandaria, Dhaka (old town), back row standing 4th from left, during a cultural function. Centre front row: Begum Shamsunnahar, writer and student of Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain; on her right, Asha Lata Sen veteran Congress leader; The rest are teachers, volunteers (standing) and leading community leaders (in the front row).

Photo submitted by Meghna Guhathakurta.

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PRAJNYA ARCHIVES

making South Asian women visible

Headmistress of a girls’ school in Dhaka

August 31, 2011 — 1950s, Bangladesh, Education, Selected for the Rainmakers exhibit., Teaching and Schooling

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