Sarala Devi Chaudhurani

Deceased Person

1872 – 1945

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Who was Sarala Devi Chaudhurani?

Sarala Devi Chaudhurani was the founder of the first women's organisation in India, the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 1910. One of the primary goals of the organisation was to promote female education, which at that time was not well developed. The organisation opened several offices in Lahore, Allahabad, Delhi, Karachi, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Bankura, Hazaribagh, Midnapur and Kolkata to improve the situation of women all over India.

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Born
Sep 9, 1872
Kolkata
Parents
Spouses
Religion
  • Hinduism
Ethnicity
  • Bengali Hindus
Education
  • Bethune College
Lived in
  • Allahabad
Died
Aug 18, 1945

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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