Kalyani Das

Kalyani Das
Native name কল্যাণী দাস
Born 28 May 1907
Krishnanagar, Bengal Province, British India
Died 16 February 1983
Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Organization Jugantar and Indian National Congress
Movement Indian Independence movement
Relatives Bina Das (sister)
Beni Madhab Das (father)

Kalyani Das (1907–1983) was an Indian revolutionary and nationalist from Bengal.[1][2]

Family

She was the daughter of a well-known Brahmo teacher, Beni Madhab Das and a social worker, Sarala Devi. Her younger sister Bina Das was also a freedom fighter.

School and College

She was a student of Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttak. Das finished her Bachelor in Arts in 1928.

Participation in India's freedom struggle

Kalyani Das was a member of Chhatri Sangha, a semi-revolutionary organisation for women in Kolkata. On 1930, she led a protest of female students against Dalhousie, Governor-General of India. She was arrested for her anti-governor activity on 1932. Her classmate, another renowned freedom fighter Kamala Das Gupta was arrested at the same time.[2]

Death

Kalyani Das died in 16 February 1983.

Works

She has edited a book called Bengal Speaks (published in 1944), and dedicated it to her sister Bina Das.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Tri Loknath Chatterjee (2004). জেলে ত্রিশ বছর, পাক ভারতের স্বাধীনতা সংগ্রাম,. Dhaka: ধ্রুপদ সাহিত্যাঙ্গণ. p. 220. ISBN 984-8457-00-3.
  2. 1 2 Kamala Das Gupta (January 2015). স্বাধীনতা সংগ্রামে বাংলার নারী, অগ্নিযুগ গ্রন্থমালা ৯. Kolkata: র‍্যাডিক্যাল ইম্প্রেশন. p. 125-130. ISBN 978-81-85459-82-0. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ Sengupta, Subodh; Basu, Anjali (2016). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). 1. Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
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