[1] Syeda Shahar Banu Chowdhury was born in 1914 in the village of Syedpur in Jagannathpur, Sunamganj Subdivision.

[1] Shahar Banu's entrance into social activism was inspired by her husband, Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz, who was a politician and advocate.

Shahar Banu was the first female Muslim MP at the Assam Legislative Council.

At the same time, she had to work at risk, ignoring the strong constraints of the conservative society and the Indian National Congress.

A memorandum was handed over to Khawaja Nazimuddin, erstwhile Chief Minister of East Bengal, by the women of Sylhet District demanding to make Bengali the state language.