Kalyani Das


Kalyani Das was an Indian revolutionary and nationalist from Bengal.

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.

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.

Death

Kalyani Das died in 16 February 1983.

Works

She edited a book called Bengal Speaks , and dedicated it to her sister Bina Das.