Women in Indian Freedom Struggle
Women in Indian Freedom Struggle
Women in Indian Freedom Struggle
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Indian women actively participated in the revolutionary movements for social changes during the national struggle for Independence.
Thus, the participation of women was not restricted to one type of activity such as the non-violent Satyagraha Movement. Women`s early Forum
contribution to the Indian national movement started in the late 19th Century with their involvement in the Indian National Congress. In Forum on History of India
1890, Swaran Kumari Ghoshal, a women novelist and Kadambari Ganguly, the first woman graduate of the British Empire, went to
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attend the Indian National Congress meeting as a delegate. In the year 1905, National Movement for the country`s independence took a
crucial turn with the division of Bengal.
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During the freedom struggle of the country, women were not lagging behind. Women joined men to protest against the British rulers by
boycotting foreign goods and resolving to buy only those goods produced in the territory of Bengal. Mrs. Nonibala Devi joined the new
Jugantar Party which was dedicated to aggressive movement in the early 20th century. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South
Africa in 1915 and took up the demand for self-rule and later for Purna Swaraj through non-violent methods. His call to join the
Satyagraha Movement witnessed women getting involved in all his programmes. Some of the women who played a very active role in
the Swadeshi Movement were Sarojini Naidu, Urmila Devi, Durgabai Deshmukh, S. Ambujammal, Basanti Devi, and Krishnabai Ram.
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Mahatma Gandhi in his non Cooperation Movement. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Sucheta
Kripalani, Sarla Devi Chaudhurani, Muthulaksmi Reddy, Susheela Nair, and Aruna Asaf Ali
are some the women freedom fighters who participated in the non-violent movement.
Kasturba Gandhi and Kamala Nehru also participated in the National Movement. Lado Rani
Zutshi and her daughters led the movement in Lahore. Indian women who joined the
national movement belonged to all walks of life, all castes, religions and communities.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit hailed from a well-known family. Her father Motilal Nehru was the
president of Congress and brother Jawaharlal Nehru went on to become India`s Prime
Minister. She was highly inspired by the personality of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi and by
Sarojini Naidu. She participated in the Non Co-operation Movement to fight against the
British rulers. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit attended many public lectures and represented the
country abroad. She was a great fighter and took part in many of the freedom movements. In
the year 1936, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was elected in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Her
political profession made her the first Women Cabinet Minister of India in the year 1937.
Aruna Asaf Ali was another renowned freedom fighter and a devoted sociologist. She was selected as the first Mayor of Delhi. Sarojini
Naidu was popularly known as the Nightingale of India. She was a noted poet, and one of the great freedom fighters of the country.
Sarojini Naidu actively campaigned for the Khilafat Movement.
While there was significant number of women patriots who stood by Gandhiji and the Congress in the non-violent movement, women of
Bengal and from other parts of India also participated in a vital role in various armed revolutions. Women played a major role in the
Lahore Students Union of Bhagat Singh and the Kakori Train Robbery case. The Mahila Rashtriya Sangha was established by Latika
Ghosh in the year 1928. Veena Das who shot at the Governor of Bengal, and Kamla Das Gupta and Kalyani Das were all active within
the respective revolutionary groups. Women courageously participated in violent and non-violent movements of Indian independence.
The women in Indian freedom struggle have excelled as speakers, marchers, campaigners and tireless volunteers. They actively
participated in the processions and rallies conducted by the Indian political parties. They always fought for Hindu-Muslim unity. The
contribution of women in Indian freedom struggle is truly remarkable.
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