Gole Afroz
| Gole Afroz | |
|---|---|
 Afroz in the 1960s | |
| Native name | গোল-ই আফ্রোজ |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Family | Singranatore family |
Gole Afroz (1947 – 2015) was a Bangladeshi socialite and member of the Singranatore family, the wife of politician M. M. Rahmat Ullah. She was the eldest daughter of Gulbadan Begum of Natore who was the eldest 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 war of 1971, a private college, the Rahmat Iqbal College was set up and named her second born son.[1][2]
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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