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She worked for women's vocational training at the Congress Mahila Shilpa Kendra and the Dakshineshwar Nari Swabalambi Sadan. She edited the women's journal Mandira for many years. She authored two memoirs in Bengali, Rakter Akshare (In Letters of Blood, 1954) and Swadhinata Sangrame Nari (Women in the Freedom Struggle, 1963).
Under the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (BCLA) Act, Ganguly was held captive in Hijli Detention Camp from 1932 to 1938. [4] [7] and after her release, she participated in India's Communist movement. [1] She was attached to the women's front of the Communist Part of India. [10]
Revolutionaries of Bengal during British Rule (1 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Indian independence activists from Bengal" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total.
Das was a member of Chhatri Sangha, a semi-revolutionary organisation for women in Kolkata. In 1930, she led a protest of female students against Governor of Bengal. She was arrested for her anti-governor activity on 1932. Her classmate Kamala Das Gupta was arrested at the same time. [2]
An activist, she was a leading member of Arya Samaj and also fought for women's rights. Sushila Didi: A revolutionary, participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement under the pseudonym of 'Indumati' and was arrested. Swami Shraddhanand: An activist, he started a protest in front of a posse of Gurkha soldiers at the Clock Tower in Chandni ...
Das was a member of Chhatri Sangha, a semi-revolutionary organisation for women in Kolkata. On 6 February 1932, she attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson, in the Convocation Hall of the University of Calcutta. The revolver was supplied by another freedom fighter Kamala Das Gupta. [2] She fired five shots but none hit him. [3]
Labanya Prabha Ghosh (14 August 1897 – 11 April 2003), also called Labanya Devi, [4] a Gandhian, [5] was a prominent personality of the Indian freedom movement, from Purulia District of West Bengal. [1]
Maryly Van Leer Peck (1930–2011) – academic, first female engineer at Vanderbilt University, pioneer, women's rights activist and board member of Society of Women Engineers Frances Willard (1839–1898) – long-time president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union , which, under her leadership, supported women's suffrage