Ra-ana [Begun Liaquat Ali Khan]

Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan was born at Almora in the United Provinces and was educated at Naini Tal, and Lucknow from where she graduated in 1927. In M.A. Economics from the University of Lucknow she secured first class honours in 1929 and later completed the teacher's diploma course from the Diocesan College, Calcutta.

She began her practical life as a teacher in the Gokhale Memorial School, Calcutta, and later she moved to Delhi where she was appointed professor of economics in the Indraprastha Girls' College, In April 1933, she was married to Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan and went to Europe for honeymoon, It was in London that she and her husband persuaded the Quaid-i-Azam to return to India.

After the reorganisation of the Muslim League, she devoted herself to the task of creating political consciousness amongst Muslim women and during the struggle for independence she was always found in the forefront.

Campbell-Johnson, while discussing the role of prominent women in Indian affairs considered her one of the formidable personalities, "whose ambition and interests measure up to those of their respective menfolk.