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Chronology
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1880
Rokeya is born in the village of Pairaband
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1896
Marriage to Khan Bahadur Syed Sakhawat Hossain, Deputy Magistrate, Bengal
Civil Service, Settles in Bhagalpur, Bihar
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1903-4 First publication of articles on the oppression of women, in
various journals in Calcutta
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1909
Death of Khan Bahadur Syed Sakhawat Hossain in Calcutta
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1909
May 3 Rokeya establishes the Sakhawat Memorial Girls' School, Bhagalpur
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1910
Rokeya leaves Baghalpur and settles in Calcutta
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1911
Rokeya reopens the Sakhawat Memorial Girls School in Calcutta
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March 16 1916 Founds the Anjuman-e-Khawatine-e-Islam, Bangla (Bengali
Muslim Women's Association)
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1917
Inspection of the Sakhawat Memorial Girls' School by Lady Chelmsford, wife of
the Governor General and Viceroy of India Prominent Figures such as the Agha
Khan, Sir Abdur Rahim Moulana Mohammad Ali, and others help the school
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1926
Presides at the Bengal Women's Education Conference held in Calcutta
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1931
Address, "The Bengali Muslims on their Way to Decline," given at the Sakhawat
School
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1932
Rokeya presides at a session of the Indian Women's Conference held in Aligarh
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1932
Dies, December 9, Buried in Sodpur, near Calcutta. Condolence meeting attended
by many Hindu and Muslim social workers and educators, both male and female,
Albert Hall, Calcutta. Message of condolence sent by the Governor of Bengal.
Condolence meeting held at the Sakhawat School. The Monthly Mohammadi brings
out a special memorial issue
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Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
1880-1932
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