Indian women during the struggle for freedom in India

Entire history of the freedom movement is replete with the saga of bravely, sacrifice and political powers of great women. 

(i) Kalpana Datta was a part of a revolutionary brigade in Chittagong that led an armed struggle against British between 1930-34. 

(ii) Sarojini Naidu was the first women President of the Indian National Congress in 1925 at Kanpur Session. She actively participated in Satyagraha Movement, Khilafat Movement, Rowlatt act etc. She is popularly known by the sobriquet as ‘The nightingale of India’. 

(iii)Bina Das a member of Chatri Sangha in Kolkata, attempted to assassinate Stanley Jackson, Governor of Bengal, in 1932. She later joined Congress and became a member of West Bengal legislative assembly. 

(iv) Madam Bhikaji Cama provided bases for India’s revolutionaries in Europe and USA. She organized free India Society and began the journal ‘Vande Mataram’ to spread her revolutionary thoughts. 

Other important personages are : Kamla Nehru, Annie Besant, Kasturba Gandhi, Sucheta Kriplani etc.