Panna Kaiser

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1950–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Panna Kaiser |native_name = পান্না কায়সার |native_name_lang = bn

|birth_name = Saifunnahar Chowdhury |birth_date = {{birth date|1950|05|25|df=y}} |birth_place = Barura Upazila, Comilla District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|08|04|1950|05|25|df=y}} |death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh |spouse = {{marriage|Shahidullah Kaiser|1969|1971|end=he disappeared in}} |relatives = AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury (brother-in-law)<ref name=newsbangla>{{cite news |url=http://www.news-bangla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7426&Itemid=56 |title=All in the family |author=Anwar Parvez Halim |date=28 May 2011 |publisher=Bengali News from Washington D.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203221140/http://www.news-bangla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7426&Itemid=56 |archive-date=2014-02-03}}</ref> |party = Bangladesh Awami League |children = {{Hlist | Shomi | Amitav}} }}

'''Panna Kaiser''' (25 May 1950 – 4 August 2023) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of Jatiya Sangsad selected for the women's reserved seats during 1996–2001.<ref name="vrfa">{{cite news |title=Mainuddin, Ashraf killed my husband: Panna Kaiser |url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Mainuddin_Ashraf_killed_my_husband_Panna_Kaiser/5624 |work=risingbd.com |access-date=20 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=5-member panel of chairmen |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/5-member-panel-of-chairmen |work=The Daily Star |date=15 January 1998 |language=en |access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref> She was awarded 2021 Bangla Academy Literary Award in the research on liberation war category.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 January 2022 |script-title=bn:বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার যারা পাচ্ছেন |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/national/2022/01/23/733787 |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}</ref>

==Early life and career== Panna Kaiser was born '''Saifunnahar Chowdhury''' on 25 May 1950 to Mosleh Uddin Chowdhury and Mendia Khatun Chowdhury.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=bn:পান্না কায়সার |url=https://news.priyo.com/people/panna-kaiser |access-date=2026-05-22 |website=priyo.com |language=bn}}</ref><ref name=obituary/><ref name=kirti>{{Citation |last=Sazzad Kadir |title=Sazzad Kadir with Panna Kaiser at "Keertymaner Galpokatha" programme on BTV. |date=10 January 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAUc_S8sq2M |access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref> She completed her master's in Bengali literature from the University of Dhaka in 1969.<ref name=kirti/> In 1996, she was selected as one of the 30 reserved seats for women to serve as a member of parliament. She contributed to a child organization named Khelaghar and engaged in various social activities, cultural events and writeups.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-7th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 7th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=en-gb |access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== Chowdhury married Shahidullah Kaiser, a writer and a journalist on 17 February 1969.<ref name=kirti/> He was abducted forever from his home on 14 December 1971 by the paramilitary Al-Badr.<ref name="vrfa" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Fearless for four decades |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/04/fearless-four-decades |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=20 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref> Her daughter, Shomi Kaiser, is an actress, and her son, Amitav Kaiser, a banker.<ref name=kirti/>

Panna Kaiser died in Dhaka on 4 August 2023, at the age of 73.<ref name=obituary>{{Cite web |title=Former MP Panna Kaiser passes away |url=https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=431137 |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=The Daily Observer}}</ref>

== Awards == * Bangla Academy Literary Award (2021)<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পেলেন ১৫ জন |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/বাংলা-একাডেমি-সাহিত্য-পুরস্কার-পেলেন-১৫-জন |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=Prothom Alo |date=23 January 2022 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার পেলেন যারা |url=https://www.jugantor.com/national/387591/বাংলা-একাডেমি-সাহিত্য-পুরস্কার-পেলেন-যারা |access-date=23 January 2022 |work=Jugantor |language=bn}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaiser, Panna}} Category:1950 births Category:2023 deaths Category:People from Barura Upazila Category:Politicians from Chittagong Division Category:University of Dhaka alumni Category:Awami League politicians Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women politicians Category:Recipients of the Bangla Academy Award