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Hyderabad: Suraiya Hasan Bose, who resurrected the heritage fabrics of Hyderabad and Telugu states, passed away in the city on Friday. She was 93.
Suraiya Hasan had married Aurobindo Bose, nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who founded the Azad Hind Fauj. She is the niece of Abid Hasan Safrani, a close associate of Subhas Chandra Bose. Safrani, who hailed from Hyderabad, had coined the slogan ‘Jai Hind’ and rose to the rank of a major in the Azad Hind Fauj.
Suraiya’s death brings to an end the glorious chapter of revival of rare and dying fabric weaving designs in post-Independent India. She was one of the last few surviving members of the Hyderabad nobility that had participated in the freedom struggle and was associated with Mahatma Gandhi despite the ban on the activities of the Indian National Congress in the princely state of Hyderabad.
Her grandparents were the first to participate in the Swadeshi Movement when Mahatma Gandhi gave a call to boycott foreign goods in 1918. A huge collection of foreign goods was put on bonfire outside the house of her grandparents in Abids in Hyderabad much to the chagrin of the British residents and the Nizam. Her father Badrul Hasan was a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and one of the leading lights of Hyderabad Congress Committee, which was an independent body, as the activities of the Indian National Congress were not allowed in the princely state.
Like her father, who had revived the dying art forms of Bidri, Suraiya had dedicated her entire life to the revival and popularisation of unique and rare fabric designs called Himru and Mushru. She also helped in the revival of Ikkat and Kalamkari, besides Gadwal and Uppada sarees.
Suraiya was born in 1928 and was inspired by her father and uncle Abid Hasan. She worked with the Cottage Industries Emporium and later with the Handloom and Handicrafts Export Corporation. She had graduated from Cambridge University in textiles. “Suraiya had trained thousands of people in heritage fabric designing. Her sprawling handloom unit is a living testimony to how rare arts and crafts and fabric designs can be revived if one has the will to do so. Her death has created a major void in the world of heritage fabrics,” INTACH city convener P Anuradha Reddy told TOI.
Suraiya Hasan had married Aurobindo Bose, nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who founded the Azad Hind Fauj. She is the niece of Abid Hasan Safrani, a close associate of Subhas Chandra Bose. Safrani, who hailed from Hyderabad, had coined the slogan ‘Jai Hind’ and rose to the rank of a major in the Azad Hind Fauj.
Suraiya’s death brings to an end the glorious chapter of revival of rare and dying fabric weaving designs in post-Independent India. She was one of the last few surviving members of the Hyderabad nobility that had participated in the freedom struggle and was associated with Mahatma Gandhi despite the ban on the activities of the Indian National Congress in the princely state of Hyderabad.
Her grandparents were the first to participate in the Swadeshi Movement when Mahatma Gandhi gave a call to boycott foreign goods in 1918. A huge collection of foreign goods was put on bonfire outside the house of her grandparents in Abids in Hyderabad much to the chagrin of the British residents and the Nizam. Her father Badrul Hasan was a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and one of the leading lights of Hyderabad Congress Committee, which was an independent body, as the activities of the Indian National Congress were not allowed in the princely state.
Like her father, who had revived the dying art forms of Bidri, Suraiya had dedicated her entire life to the revival and popularisation of unique and rare fabric designs called Himru and Mushru. She also helped in the revival of Ikkat and Kalamkari, besides Gadwal and Uppada sarees.
Suraiya was born in 1928 and was inspired by her father and uncle Abid Hasan. She worked with the Cottage Industries Emporium and later with the Handloom and Handicrafts Export Corporation. She had graduated from Cambridge University in textiles. “Suraiya had trained thousands of people in heritage fabric designing. Her sprawling handloom unit is a living testimony to how rare arts and crafts and fabric designs can be revived if one has the will to do so. Her death has created a major void in the world of heritage fabrics,” INTACH city convener P Anuradha Reddy told TOI.
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