Nawab Faizunnesa’s Contributions to the Indian Sub-Continent Female Education: A Critical Analysis

Abstract

Nawab Faizunnesa was born at the westgaon village of Comilla in the mid-nineteenth century. She had bearded an extraordinary personality in her time in the Indian subcontinent. Despite being a woman, she established herself as a zamindar, social reformer, and literary figure. She was known for her generosity, foresight, and dedication to social welfare. She was a woman of many qualities dedicated, far-sighted, compassionate, a symbol of kindness and generosity. Faizunnesa gained recognition among women across the Indian subcontinent and was titled as Nawab by the British Government. In the socio-cultural context of her time, her exceptional personality deserves careful study and analysis. When Begum Faizunnesa started his social movement, the Sepoy Mutiny just had been ended in 1857 under British rule. Generally, Muslims were blamed to the mutiny and as the consequences, Muslims faced oppression, deprivation, and exploitation, which led to the backwardness of Muslim society. The result was ignorance and stagnation. Begum Faizunnesa realized that without education, the survival and progress of this community would be difficult. She emphasized the importance of education for both male and Female especially for the female educations and established various educational institutions by her self-financial scheme. The main focus of this research article is to evaluate Begum Faizunnesa’s contribution to the expansion of women’s education in the Indian subcontinent. The establishment of educational institutions, and the significance of her educational movement in the social and national context. The study is descriptive in nature and is based on secondary data. It has been analyzed within a historical framework.

Keywords

• Begum Faizunnesa’s educational movement
• Muslim society
• the Renaissance
• the Sepoy Mutiny and colonialism

How to cite

Mohammad Ekramol Islam, Halima Parvin, Advocate Shahanara Swapna (2026). Nawab Faizunnesa’s Contributions to the Indian Sub-Continent Female Education: A Critical Analysis. Sonargaon University Journal, 6(I), 123–132.

@article{islam202611,
  title   = {Nawab Faizunnesa’s Contributions to the Indian Sub-Continent Female Education: A Critical Analysis},
  author  = {Mohammad Ekramol Islam and Halima Parvin and Advocate Shahanara Swapna},
  journal = {Sonargaon University Journal},
  volume  = {6},
  number  = {I},
  pages   = {123--132},
  year    = {2026},
  issn    = {2518-3125},
  url     = {https://su.edu.bd/journal/volume-6-issue-1/nawab-faizunnesas-contributions-to-the-indian-sub-continent-female-education-a}
}