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LEELA ROY PLYAED SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN KAMLA CHAUDHRY WENT TO JAIL MANY
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY TIMES DURING FREEDOM MOVEMENT

Born: 2nd October 1900, Died: 11th June 1970 Born: 22nd February 1908, Died: 15th October 1970

eela Roy, who inspired women to join politics, henever there is a mention of the role of
Lwas a great advocate of women's rights. A Wwomen writers in the freedom struggle,
brave soldier of the Indian freedom struggle, Leela who can forget the name of feminist writer and
Roy was born on 2nd October 1900 in Assam and political activist Kamla Chaudhry. Born on 22nd
was a close associate of Subhas Chandra Bose. February 1908 in an affluent family of Lucknow,
Meritorious since childhood, Leela Roy obtained Kamla Chaudhry drew the attention of all the
her MA degree from Dhaka University in 1923. eminent litterateurs through her powerful
Influenced by various freedom fighters, she did not writings. Her writings reflected oppression
want women to be left of the female gender
behind in the freedom LEELA ROY STARTED KAMLA and she always fought
struggle. This explains the PUBLISHING A CHAUDHRY, for their rights. While
reason for her painstaking making serious efforts
efforts to enroll women MAGAZINE CALLED A FEMINIST
in the movement. She 'JAYASHREE' IN 1931 WRITER, ACTIVELY at the socio-political and
believed in armed WHICH WAS EDITED PARTICIPATED cultural level to improve
the living standards of
revolution and also AND MANAGED BY women, she also actively
developed knowledge IN THE FREEDOM participated in the
to make bombs. Due to WOMEN ONLY. STRUGGLE freedom struggle. She
her active participation was closely associated
in the civil disobedience with Mahatma Gandhi and took part in the Civil
movement, the British imprisoned her for six years. Disobedience Movement in 1930. Influenced by
She was the first woman from Bengal to be elected Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent call for freedom
to the Constituent Assembly and her role for the movement, she formed Charkha Committees to
empowerment of women cannot be forgotten. But unite women. She was also a member of the All
she quit the Constituent Assembly in protest against India Congress Committee. Kamla Chaudhry,
the partition of the country. Later, she immersed who was one of the 15 women selected from
herself in social work and education rights for girls across the country in the Constituent Assembly
and started a girls' school in Dhaka. She encouraged for drafting the Constitution, remained active for
girls to learn skills and tried to provide vocational the upliftment of women through literature and
training to them. It is worthwhile to note that she politics throughout her life. She was elected to
emphasized the need for girls to learn martial arts to Parliament in 1962 from Hapur, a parliamentary
defend themselves and established many schools seat in Uttar Pradesh. She breathed her last on
and institutes for women. Leela Roy was engaged in 15th October 1970.
social and political work throughout her life.

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