Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah
| Shaista Ikramullah شائستہ اکرام الله |
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Begum Shaista Ikramullah
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July 22, 1915 Calcutta, British India (now India) |
| Died | December 11, 2000 (aged 85) Karachi  Pakistan
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| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Politician, Diplomat, Writer |
Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (Urdu: شائستہ اکرام الله) (July 22, 1915 – December 11, 2000), was a prominent Pakistani female politician, diplomat and author.
Ikramullah was born as Shaista Akhtar Banu Suhrawardy in Calcutta, British India, as the only daughter of Lt. Col. Dr. Hassan Suhrawardy, OBE, CStJ, FRCS. She was educated at Loreto House of the University of Calcutta with a BA Hons. After her marriage she left to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where she had the honor of being the first Muslim and Asian woman to receive a PhD from the University of London. Her doctorate thesis, "Development of the Urdu Novel and Short Story", was a critical survey of Urdu literature.
She married Mohammed Ikramullah, a member of the Indian Civil Service, in 1933. Her husband went on to become the first Foreign Secretary of the Government of Pakistan and Ambassador to Canada, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom. They had a son and three daughters.
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