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Khan, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali

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Khan, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali (1905–1990)

Pakistani politician. In 1933 she married Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, who became prime minister on partition in 1947, and she was one of the first to organize assistance for refugees during the mass transit. In 1952 she was appointed a UN delegate, and between 1954 and 1966 represented her country as the first woman ambassador to the Netherlands, Italy, and Tunisia. In 1973 she became the first woman governor of Sind and was given the 1979 Hunan Rights Award.

Born in Almor, North India, she studied economics from Lucknow University before becoming lecturer in economics at Indraprashtha College for Women in New Delhi.



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