Safia Manto (Manto’s Wife) Age, Death Cause, Biography, Husband, Children, Family & More

Bio
Real Name	Safia Deen
Profession	Not Known
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 161 cm in meters- 1.61 m in feet inches- 5’ 3”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 50 kg in pounds- 110 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	11 May 1916
Birth Place	Not Known
Date of Death	23 November 1977
Place of Death	Karachi, Pakistan
Age (at the time of death)	61 Years
Death Cause	Cardiac Arrest
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Taurus
Nationality	Indo-Pakistan (Before India's partition- Indian; after India's partition- Pakistani)
Hometown	Kashmir, India
School	Not Known
College/University	Aligarh Muslim University
Educational Qualification	Not Known
Family	Father- Name Not Known Mother- Mama Jee Brother- Bashir Deen Sister- Not Known
Religion	Islam
Hobbies	Reading, Writing, Travelling
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Not Known
Husband/Spouse	Saadat Hasan Manto
Marriage Date	Year, 1936
Children	Son- Arif (died in his infancy) Daughters- Nighat Manto, Nuzhat Manto, Nusrat Manto

Some Lesser Known Facts About Safia Manto

Safia and Manto had an arranged marriage in 1936, about which Manto wrote a whole essay, titled, Meri Shaadi (My Wedding).

When Manto was working in Delhi at the All India Radio, they lost their first child, Arif. The incident had devastated them, but also brought them closer as they went on to have 3 daughters.

Manto would often read out his stories to Safia and take her to the mushairas and public readings.

Manto insisted Safia to call him by his first name, an absolute blasphemy at the time. So, Safia decided to address him as Sa’saab (a short for Saadat Sahab).

Manto was often after making Safia a modern lady and would bring modern expensive sarees for her. He would also do her hair and iron her sarees.

After India’s partition in 1947, Saadat Manto decided to move to Pakistan. It was a tough time for both, Manto and Safia.

Manto’s alcoholism and repeated court cases relating to the alleged obscenity in Manto’s stories added fuel to the fire.

According to sources, Safia was often the first reader of Manto’s stories and Manto considered her thoughts into his stories. Manto also published a short story ‘Hameed Aur Hameeda’ in her name.

When Manto died in 1955, their daughters Nighat, Nuzhat, and Nusrat were 5, 7 and 9-years old respectively.

Safia raised her daughters by herself as she hardly ever received any financial aid from the government after Manto’s death.

Safia was a content woman as she had no materialistic aspirations, and like Manto, Safia will never be forgotten.

In the 2018 Bollywood film titled ‘Manto, ‘ Rasika Dugal played Safia’s role. The film was directed by Nandita Das and Nawazuddin Siddiqui played the role of Saadat Hasan Manto.