She was instrumental in campaigning all over East Pakistan for the Six Point program of regional autonomy drafted by the Awami League, and on 7 June 1966, organized the general strike along with Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury.
She was elected a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1954 as a United Front candidate in the reserve seats for women in Comilla-Sylhet constituency.
Begum was elected as secretary of women affairs in central executive committee of Awami League in 1966 which office she held till 1970.
[2] She played an important role in organizing the Six-point Movement and maintaining liaison with the Awami League activists working to that end.
Begum contested in the Pakistan National Assembly election in 1970 from Dhaka-9 constituency as a nominee of Jatiya League only to sustain a reverse.