[3] She was invited to join the Shorbodolio Rashtrabhasha Shangram Parishad by Kazi Golam Mahbub.
[4] She spoke in the assembly against the death of students protesting for making Bengali a state language of Pakistan in police action.
[6] Khatun was re-elected to the East Bengal Provincial Assembly in 1954 as a candidate of the United Front.
[2] Khatun led the Awami League in 1966 when the male leadership party was imprisoned.
[7] Khatun's husband, Ali Amzad Khan, was a founder of the Awami League.