Sarala Devi Chaudhurani

Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
	Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Born	Sarala Ghosal; 9 September 1872; Kolkata, Bengal, British India
Died	18 August 1945 (aged 72); Kolkata, British India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Educationist, political activist
Spouse	Rambhuj Dutt Chaudhuri (m. 1905; died 1923)
Children	Dipak (son)
Relatives	Swarnakumari Devi (mother); Janakinath Ghosal (father); Debendranath Tagore (maternal grandfather); Rabindranath Tagore (maternal uncle); Indira Devi Chaudhurani (maternal cousin); Surendranath Tagore (maternal cousin)

Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (born Sarala Ghosal;^[1] 9 September 1872 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian educationist and political activist, who founded Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 1910. This was the first national-level women's organization in India.^[2] One of the primary goals of the organization was to promote female education. The organization opened several offices in Lahore (then part of unpartitioned India), Allahabad, Delhi, Karachi, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Bankura, Hazaribagh, Midnapur, and Kolkata to improve the situation of women all over India.

^ Ray, Bharati (13 September 2012). "Sarala and Rokeya: Brief Biographical Sketches". Early Feminists of Colonial India: Sarala Devi Chaudhurani and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-808381-8 – via Oxford Scholarship Online.(subscription required)
^ Mohapatra, Padmalaya (2002). Elite Women of India. APH Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7648-339-1.

[Ray2012-1] Ray, Bharati (13 September 2012). "Sarala and Rokeya: Brief Biographical Sketches". Early Feminists of Colonial India: Sarala Devi Chaudhurani and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-808381-8 – via Oxford Scholarship Online.(subscription required)

[2] Mohapatra, Padmalaya (2002). Elite Women of India. APH Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7648-339-1.

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Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Born	Sarala Ghosal (1872-09-09)9 September 1872 Kolkata, Bengal, British India
Died	18 August 1945(1945-08-18) (aged 72) Kolkata, British India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Educationist, political activist
Spouse	Rambhuj Dutt Chaudhuri (m. 1905; died 1923)
Children	Dipak (son)
Relatives	Swarnakumari Devi (mother) Janakinath Ghosal (father) Debendranath Tagore (maternal grandfather) Rabindranath Tagore (maternal uncle) Indira Devi Chaudhurani (maternal cousin) Surendranath Tagore (maternal cousin)