Author

• Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul

  
  Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul

  Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul was the only Muslim woman in India’s Constituent Assembly. Born into the Malerkotla royal family and married to a landowning aristocrat from Hardoi, she was a pioneering politician who served in the UP Assembly and the Rajya Sabha. Beyond politics, she championed women’s hockey, serving as the president of the Indian Women’s Hockey Federation for two decades. Later, she went on to head the Asian Women’s Hockey Federation. Recipient of Padma Bhushan, she has left behind a rich legacy of service.