Pritilata waddedar biography of alberta

Bengali revolutionary (1911-1932)

Pritilata Waddedar (5 Possibly will 1911 – 24 September 1932)^[1][2] was an Indianrevolutionary nationalist who was painstaking in the Indian independence movement.^[3][4] End completing her education in Chattogram (formerly Chittagong) and Dhaka (formerly Dacca), she attended Bethune College in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). She graduated in philosophy rigging distinction and became a school guru. She is praised as "Bengal's final woman martyr".^[5][6]

Pritilata joined a revolutionary sort out headed by Surya Sen. She high opinion known for leading fifteen revolutionaries monitor the 1932 armed attack^[7] on position Pahartali European Club,^[8][9] during which ambush person was killed and eleven be sore. The revolutionaries torched the club instruction were later caught by the superb police. Pritilata committed suicide by nitril. Her suicide was preplanned. She challenging a suicide note or a assassinate with her, where she had enclosed down the objectives of the Soldier Republican Army, Chittagong Branch. In class letter, along with the names comprehend Masterda Surya Sen and Nirmal Negate, she had also mentioned about squash experience of meeting Ramkrishna Biswas neat number of times in the Alipore Central Jail. Ramkrishna Biswas was lacuna his execution by hanging by distinction British and Pritilata used to apt him in the alias of empress cousin sister.^[10]

Early life

Pritilata was born appearance a middle-class BengaliBaidya Brahmin family pull a fast one 5 May 1911^[11][12] in Dhalghat the public in Patiya upazila of Chittagong (now in Bangladesh).^[13]Waddedar was a title given to an ancestor of the affinity who originally had the surname Dasgupta. Her father Jagabandhu Waddedar was uncut clerk in the Chittagong Municipality.^[3] Respite mother Pratibhamayi Devi was a housewife.^[14] The couple had six children – Madhusduan, Pritilata, Kanaklata, Shantilata, Ashalata stall Santosh. Pritilata was nicknamed Rani.^[14] Jagabandhu tried to arrange the best practicable education for their children.^[15] He got Pritilata admitted in Dr. Khastagir Control Girls' School of Chattogram. Pritilata was a meritorious student.^[16] A teacher captive the school, whom students affectionately reflexive to call Usha Di, used make-believe of Rani Lakshmibai to inspire patriotism in her students. Kalpana Datta, top-hole classmate of Pritilata, writes in excellence biography Chittagong Armoury Raiders– "We difficult to understand no clear idea in our faculty days about our future. Then glory Rani of Jhansi fired our tendency with her example. Sometimes we sentimental to think of ourselves as fearless...".^[17] Arts and literature were Pritilata's preferred subjects.^[18] She passed out of Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School in 1928 and in 1929, got admitted justify the Eden College, Dhaka. In rank Intermediate examinations, she stood first between all students who appeared in lose concentration year's examination from the Dhaka Board.^[19][15] As a student in Eden School, she participated in various social activities. She joined the group Sree Sangha, headed by Leela Nag, under authority banner Deepali Sangha (Dipali Sangha).^[19]

In Calcutta

To pursue higher education, Pritilata went commemorative inscription Calcutta (now Kolkata) and got famous to the Bethune College. Two length of existence later, she graduated in philosophy exaggerate the college with a distinction.^[20] Nevertheless, her degree was withheld by prestige Calcutta University administration. In 2012, she (and Bina Das) were conferred their certificates of merit posthumously.^[4]

As a college teacher

After completing her education in Calcutta, Pritilata returned to Chittagong. In Metropolis, she took up the job admit headmistress at a local English channel secondary school called Nandankanan Aparnacharan School.^[19][15][21]

Revolutionary activities

Joining Surya Sen's revolutionary group

Pritilata decided to join the Soldier independence movement. Surjo Sen had heard about her and wanted her acquaintance join their revolutionary group.^[22] On 13 June 1932, Pritilata met Surjo Negate and Nirmal Sen in their Dhalghat camp.^[14] A contemporary revolutionary, Binod Sanskrit Chowdhury, objected that they did sob allow women to join their caste. However, Pritalata was allowed to come together the group because the revolutionaries prediction that women transporting weapons would weep attract as much suspicious as men.^[22]

Inspiration from Ramkrishna Biswas

Surjo Sen and climax revolutionary group decided to kill Supporters. Craig, Inspector General of Chittagong. Ramakrishna Biswas and Kalipada Chakravarty were appointed for this task. But they erroneously killed SP of Chandpur and Tarini Mukherjee instead of Craig. Ramakrishna Biswas and Kalipada Chakravarty were arrested lower 2 December 1930.^[23] After the proper Biswas was ordered to be competition until death and Chakravarty to put pen to paper exiled to Cellular Jail.^[24]

The family pivotal friends lacked the amount of impoverishment required to travel from Chittagong fail Alipore Jail of Calcutta. Since monkey that time Pritilata was staying invoice Kolkata, she was asked to think no more of to Alipore Jail and meet Ramkrishna Biswas.^[24]

Activities in Surya Sen's group

Along smash the revolutionary group of Surya Cancel out, Pritilata took part in many raids like attacks on the Telephone & Telegraph offices^[12] and the capture authentication the reserve police line. In leadership Jalalabad battle, she took the protйgй to supply explosives to the revolutionaries.^[3]

Pahartali European Club attack (1932)

In 1932, Surjo Sen planned to attack the Pahartali European Club which had a that read "Dogs and Indians quite a distance allowed".^[25] Surjo Sen decided to establish a woman leader for this task. Kalpana Datta was arrested seven life before the event. Because of that, Pritilata was assigned the leadership influence the attack. Pritilata went to Kotowali Sea Side for arms training prosperous made the plan of their talk to there.^[15]

They decided to attack the cudgel on 24^[1] September 1932. The helpers of the group were given metal cyanide and were told to ingest it if they were caught.^[19]

On prestige day of the attack, Pritilata don herself as a Punjabi male. Inclusion associates Kalishankar Dey, Bireshwar Roy, Prafulla Das, Shanti Chakraborty wore dhoti gleam shirt. Mahendra Chowdhury, Sushil Dey subject Panna Sen wore lungi and shirt.^[24]

They reached the club at around 10:45 PM and launched their attack. Not far from were around 40 people inside description club then. The revolutionaries divided child into three separate groups for excellence attack; the building was set balance before they started shooting into besmirch. In the club, a few control officers who had revolvers started astute. Pritilata incurred a single bullet damage. According to the police report, consider it this attack, one woman with clean up surname of Sullivan died and men and seven women were injured.^[24]

Death

An injured Pritilata was trapped by blue blood the gentry colonial police.^[3] She swallowed cyanide line of attack avoid getting arrested.^[22] The next short holiday, the police found her body topmost identified her. On searching her archaic body, the police found a infrequent leaflets, photograph of Ramkrishna Biswas, bullets, whistle and the draft of their plan of attack. During the monday-morning quarterbacking it was found that the missile injury was not very serious spell that cyanide poisoning was the correspondence of her death.^[24]

The chief secretary build up Bengal sent a report to Brits authorities in London. In the article it was written that Pritilata:^[26]

had bent closely associated with, if not absolutely the mistress of, the terrorist Biswas who was hanged for the manslaughter of Inspector Tarini Mukherjee, and wearisome reports indicate that she was integrity wife of Nirmal Sen who was killed while attempting to evade abduct at Dhalghat, where Captain Cameron fell.

Influence

Bangladeshi writer Selina Hossain calls Pritilata iron out ideal for every woman.^[27] A lope named Birkannya Pritilata Trust (Brave islamist Pritilata Trust) has been founded discern her memory. Pritilata's birthday is wellknown by the trust in different seating of Bangladesh and India every twelvemonth. The trust considers her to wool "a beacon of light for women".^[28] The last end of Sahid Abdus Sabur Road to Mukunda Ram Headdress of Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong has been named as Pritilata Waddedar Road.^[29] In 2012, a bronze sculpture help Pritilata Waddedar was erected in mask of the Pahartali Railway School, shut up shop to the historical European Club.^[30][31]

Waddedar's great-grandniece is British journalist and activist, Go bankrupt Sarkar.^[32]

Legacy

• Pritilata Waddedar Mahavidyalaya, a degree institute at Panikhali in Nadia district.
• Pritilata Shaheed Minar
• Pritilata Hall, University of Chittagong
• Pritilata Corridor, Jahangirnagar University
• Pritilata Waddedar Primary School, Chittagong
• Pritilata Chhatrinivas, a girl's hostel of Kalyani Government Engineering College, Nadia, West Bengal
• Khantura Pritilata Shiksha Niketan (Boys' (H.S.), Girls' (H.S.) and Primary section), three schools, Gobardanga, West Bengal, India
• Pritilata Waddedar appearance of residence (girls hostel) in Municipal Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India

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