Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Deceased Person, Author
1903 – 1988
Who was Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay?
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian social reformer and freedom fighter. She is most remembered for her contribution to the Indian independence movement; for being the driving force behind the renaissance of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in independent India; and for upliftment of the socio-economic standard of Indian women by pioneering the co-operative movement.
Several cultural institutions in India today exist because of her vision, including the National School of Drama, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Central Cottage Industries Emporium, and the Crafts Council of India. She stressed the significance which handicrafts and cooperative grassroot movements play in the social and economic upliftment of the Indian people. To this end she withstood great opposition both before and after independence from the power centres.
In 1974, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
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- Born
- Apr 3, 1903
Mangalore - Also known as
- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
- Spouses
- Harindranath Chattopadhyay
(1919 - 1988/10/29)
- Harindranath Chattopadhyay
- Education
- Bedford College
- Died
- Oct 29, 1988
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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