Kalyani Das

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Kalyani Das
কল্যাণী দাস
Das inn 1938
Born	(1907-05-28)May 28, 1907 Krishnanagar, Bengal Province, British India
Died	February 16, 1983(1983-02-16) (aged 75) 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.

Education[]

She was a student of Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttak. Das finished her Bachelor in Arts in 1928.^{[citation needed]}

Participation in India's freedom struggle[]

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 Governor of Bengal. 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[]

Das died on 16 February 1983.

Works[]

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

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