She held the office of the Deputy President of the council from 1937 to 1940 and acted as the Leader of Opposition in the council from 1950 to 1952–54. She was the first woman in India and the first Muslim woman in the world to reach this position.
She held the office of Deputy President of the council from 1937 to 1940 and acted as Leader of Opposition in the council from 1950 to 1952–54. She was the first woman in India and the first Muslim woman globally to reach this position.