MATANGINI HAZRA

Born in West Bengal in 1869, was influenced by Gandhiji’s beliefs and earned the name “Gandhi Buri” (the old Gandhian woman). In 1905, she became actively involved in the Indian independence struggle and was arrested for taking part in the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930. She led a march during the Quit India movement of 1942, to take over the Tamluk police station from British authorities and fell to the British bullets at the age of 73. She was the first woman revolutionary to have her statue erected in the Kolkata Maidan in 1977.