Question
Describe the role of Muslim women in promotion of girl education.
Solution
From the early twentiethcentury, Muslim womenlike the Begums of Bhopal played a notable role in promoting education among women.
They founded a primary school for girls at Aligarh. Another remarkable woman, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta. She was a fearless critic of conservative ideas, arguing that religious leaders of every faith accorded an inferior place to women
