Zurah Begum MP | |
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| Member of the Union Parliament from Maungdaw-2 | |
| In office 1951–1956 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1919 Akyab,Arakan |
| Died | 1990 (aged 70–71) Yangon,Myanmar |
| Political party | Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League |
| Alma mater | Medic,BT |
Zurah Begum (Rohingya), also known as Aye Nyunt, was one of the first two female legislators of the Union of Burma, along with Khin Kyi. She was a politician from Arakan State of Maungdaw, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar). She was elected to the Parliament of Burma during the 1951 Burmese general election, as the representative of Maungdaw-2 constituency.[1][2][3]
Zurah Begum was born on 10 April 1919 at Rupah Quarter, Akyab,Arakan from Parliamentary member U Poe Khaine aka Nasir Uddin and Daw Ma Ma.
In childhood, she studied at St.Anne's Covent in sittwe until she finished the grade seven. In 1937, she passed the university entrance exam from Sittwe Government High School. From 1937 to 1939, she studied medicine at a pre-medical school. Since she was not interested, in 1938–1939,she moved to a teacher's college and studied and become a teacher.