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Begum Rokeya was born in 1880 at Pairabondh, a village in the district of Rangpur. Her family was very conservative. Yet she received her education in English and Bengali from her elder brother, Ibrahim Sabir. In 1896, at the age of 16, Rokeya was married to Sakhawat Hossain. He was pleased to see the eagerness of his wife for education. In 1909, Sakhawat. Hossain died. After the death of her husband, Rokeya started the Sakhawat Memorial Girls' School at Bhagalpur. But the local people opposed it. She, therefore, left Bhagalpur for Calcutta and in 1911, she started the Sakhawat Memorial Girls' School in Calcutta with only 8 female students. In 1917, Lady Chamsford, wife of the then Viceroy of India, visited the school. It was then upgraded to a High English School. In 1931, three girl students appeared at the Entrance Examination under the Calcutta University. The school still stands at the heart of the city of Calcutta. In 1916, Begum Rokeya established the Muslim Mahila Samity in Calcutta. Begum Rokeya was a writer also. Through her pen, she tried to awaken the Muslim women of the Indian subcontinent. In 1932, on the 9th December she died at the age of 52. At her death, the country plunged into a deep grief.

Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.

Who/ WhatEvent/ActivityWhere/ InstituteWhen
Begum Rokeyawas bornPairabondh(i) ____
Rokeya Sakhawatmarried (ii) ____
Lady Chamsford(iii) ____Sakhawat Memorial Girls' Schoolin 1917.
(iv) _____Entrance ExaminationCalcutta Universityin 1931
Muslim Mahila Samityestablished(v) ____in 1916

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(i) in 1880;

(ii) in 1896;

(iii) visited;

(iv) Three girl students;

(v) Calcutta.

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