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Chaudhurani, Saraladevi (1872-1945) writer, social worker and nationalist, was born on 9 September 1872 at Jorasanko in Kolkata. Her father, Janakinath Ghosal, was a founder member of the indian national congress and her mother was swarna kumari devi. At bethune COLLEGE, kamini roy and Lady Abala Bose were among her classmates. Saraladevi stood first in the Entrance examination (1886), and passed BA with honours in English (1890). She was proficient in French, sanskrit and persian. She was married in 1905 to Rambhuj Dutta Chaudhuri, lawyer, leader of the Punjab Arya Samaj and editor of the journal Hindustan (Lahore). She taught at the Maharani Girls' School in Mysore. She was involved in a variety of ways with the nationalist movement of the times. She sang Vande mataram at a conference of the indian national congress, altering the 'seven crores' in the text to 'thirty crores'. She helped Jatindranath Bandyopadhyay to form a revolutionary group, and she took active part in the s
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As one of the first political leaders and activists of her time, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872-1945) was a woman as fierce as they come. She was involved in the freedom struggle and actively led the anti-British movement by working with the Swadeshi movement serving the cause of nationalism. Her talents were many. She was Rabindranath Tagore’s niece and had a gift for music and proclivity towards the arts. While Tagore wrote the first two verses, she is said to have put the Indian national song, Bande Mataram, to music. Sarala Devi also worked to empowe
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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.
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[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