Sarla devi biography of mahatma gandhi
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Sarala Devi
Indian politician
Not to be confused with Sarala Devi Chaudhurani or Sarla Behn.
Sarala Devi (9 August – 4 October ) was an Indian independence activist, feminist, social activist, politician and writer. She was the first Odia woman to join the Non-cooperation movement in and the first Odia woman delegate of the Indian National Congress. She became the first woman to be elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly on 1 April [1]
She was also the first hona Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly But only for one day and in the absence of that time speaker Mukunda Prasad Das and there are no official records present in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the first woman Director of Cuttack Co-operative Bank, and the first female Senate member of Utkal University. She was the only representative from Odisha on President Dr S. Radhakrishnan's Education Commission.[2]
Early life
[edit]Sarala Devi was born on 9 August in Narilo by, near
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&#;Gandhi Aur Sarala devi Chaudhrani :Barah Adhyay,&#;: with Novelist Alka Saravagi
The Bhawanipur Education Society College played host to a literary event that left attendees enraptured. The event featured a conversation with Mrs. Alka Saravagi, an acclaimed Indian novelist and short story writer in the Hindi language. gi is the proud recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi for her novel, Kalikatha: Via Bypass. The event, which was held in the College Library, kicked off with a warm welcome from Prof. Dilip Shah, the Dean of Student Affairs. He set the tone for the session with his introductory speech, which touched upon the achievements of Ms. Saravagi and the importance of literature in our lives.
Ms. Saravagi&#;s illustrious career was further celebrated when she was felicitated with a memento by Dr. Vasundhara Mishra and the Head of the Hindi Department, Ms. Kavita Malhotra. The atmosphere was electric as the audience eagerly awaited Mrs. Saraogi’s insig
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Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Indian educationist and activist (–)
Not to be confused with Sarala Devi.
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (born Sarala Ghosal;[1] 9 September – 18 August ) was an Indian educationist and political activist, who founded Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 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 to a well known Bengali intellectual family. Her father Janakinath Ghosal was one of the first secretaries of the Bengal Congress. Her mother Swarnakumari Devi, a noted author, was the daughter of Debendranath Tagore,