As a young girl, her father Ali Bhai Javeri took her with him in the mid-twenties to London where she had her primary and secondary education. She had to leave her studies because of the conservative members of the family in India considered her secondary eduaction more than enough. After her marriage with Ahmad Moosa Parekh, the couple settled in Rajkot when Mr. Parekh started a modern department store, Mr. Parekh was wellconnected with most ruling states and British Official stationed in Rajkot. Hajrabai mixed with ladies from the elite class and started a purdah school for Muslim girls and adult females.
After migrating to Pakistan, she joined APWA and was also close to Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah. Later, with the support of Begum Khan Abdul Qayoom Khan she, along with leading women social workers like Begum A. Hafiz, Mrs. Zubeida Habib Rahimtoola and others, collected funds to construct about 100 quarters to be given away to poor refugess free of cost. This colony is known as Hajrabad.
She is founder member of the Memon Women Association and Gujrati Women Association.
Courtesy:Memon.com
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