Which female social reformer wrote the short stories - Sultana's Dream (1905) and Avarodhbasini (1929), criticizing the custom of purdah among Muslims?

Option 4 : Begam Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

Begam Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain wrote the short stories - Sultana's Dream (1905) and Avarodhbasini (1929), in which she criticized the custom of purdah among Muslims.

• From the early twentieth century, Muslim women played a notable role in promoting education among women.
• Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was one such Muslim female social reformer who acquired education with the dream of bringing about a change in the condition of women.
• She learnt Bangla and English and later became a writer.
• She wrote a story 'Sultana's Dream' in 1905. 
• In her book she talks of an imaginary world, ladyland, where women are free and are treated equally.
• Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta.
• She was a fearless critic of conservative ideas, arguing that religious leaders of every faith accorded an inferior place to women. 

• In 1929, she wrote a story book named 'Avarodhbasini' in which she attacked on the extreme forms of purdah that endangered women's lives and thoughts.

Hence, we can conclude that the short stories - Sultana's Dream (1905) and Avarodhbasini (1929) were written by Begam Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.