Sarala devi chaudhurani biography sample paper
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Sarala Devi: From Tagore’s family, a leading light of the swadeshi movement
Sarala Devi, sometimes also referred to as Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, an honorific suffix added to her name during that time, was born in September 1872 to Swarnakumari Devi, Tagore’s elder sister, and Janakinath Ghoshal, one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. Sarala Devi first came to live in Jorasanko, the ancestral home of the Tagores in north Calcutta, along with her siblings, when she was five years old, after her father went overseas to study law. She stayed in the house for a significant part of her life.
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According to archives at the Rabindra Bharati Museum at Jorasanko, made available to indianexpress.com, Sarala Devi spent most of her time in what is known as the “andarmahal” section of the large mansion — the part of the house where the young girls and women of the Tagore family spent most of their time during the day. The layout of homes
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Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Indian educationist and activist (1872–1945)
Not to be confused with Sarala Devi.
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.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Sarala was born in Jorasanko, Kolkata on 9 September 1872 to a well known Bengali intellectual family. Her father Janakinath Ghosal was one of the first secretaries of the Bengal församling. Her mother Swarnakumari Devi, a noted author, was the daugh
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When people think of women working towards the betterment of women’s rights and education, especially in the subcontinent, names like Malala Yousafzai, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Emma Watson come to mind. But while many praise the women of the present and their contemporary works, many have forgotten the pioneers who started it all. One such pioneer was Sarala Devi Chaudhurani.
Sarala Devi was an exceptional woman best known for being the founder of the first women’s organisation in India – The Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad. Sarala Devi was also a writer, singer as well as a political activist and leader.
Early life and education
Born on 9th September 1872, in Calcutta, to a renowned Bengali family, Sarala Devi was the daughter of Janakinath Ghosal, secretary of the Bengal Congress. Sarala Devi’s father and mother, Swarnakumari Devi were both successful Bengali writers. Her mother was a successful woman novelist of Bengali literature.
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