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nor a Ph.D. in any subject. of women activists in the Raipur
Even then people used to call district where 'Satyagrahi Bahne'
her Dr Radhabai with respect were trained. One of these
and honour. While in Raipur centers was operated from the
the national feeling became house of Dr. Radhabai, which
DR RADHABAI HAD so intense in her that she was headed by herself.
Dr. Radhabai was arrested
participated in all the movements
NEITHER OBTAINED of the Father of the Nation, on 13 June 1937. After her
A DOCTORATE Mahatma Gandhi. Inspired by arrest, she was sentenced to 6

DEGREE NOR A her women there started joining months in jail with a fine of Rs
the freedom movement. She not
25. Despite this, she did not stop
PH.D. IN ANY only organized women for the and continued working for the
SUBJECT. EVEN freedom struggle by going door- country. She also participated

THEN PEOPLE USED to-door but also led them. To in individual Satyagraha, led
a procession in Quit India
spread the message of freedom,
TO CALL HER DR she went door to door and sold Movement, and courted arrest.
RADHABAI WITH Khadi clothes. Along with raising public
During the civil disobedience
RESPECT AND movement, a batch of 'Satyagrahi awareness and the liberation of
women trapped in prostitution,
HONOUR. Bahne' was formed due to the Dr Radhabai also fought a long
efforts of Dr. Radhabai which struggle against untouchability.
included Rohnibai Parganiha, She staged dharnas to get the
Ketki Bai, Fulkunwar Bai, Parvati liquor shops closed. She died on
Bai etc. There were four centers 2 January 1950.

lifelong comrades. participated in the freedom struggle against
Mazharul Haque came back to India in the British Empire at a time when very few
1891 and started practicing law. Within a people were involved in it. He also became
short span of time, he became a top lawyer. the President of the Home Rule Movement
But India's freedom struggle was close to his in Bihar in 1916. He was sentenced to 3
heart. Because of his close association with months in jail for playing an active role in the
Mahatma Gandhi, there was a remarkable Champaran movement.
change in his life. He left the elite life and Maulana Mazharul Haque also started the
adopted simplicity and devoted everything publication of a weekly magazine called 'The
to the service of the country. Motherland' in 1921 to spread the ideas of
As the freedom movement became non-cooperation and the Khilafat movement
intense he gradually got involved in the and inspire people for revolution. He also
movement. He also established the Sadaqat wrote many articles in the magazine against
Ashram in Patna where many eminent the atrocities of the British government for
freedom fighters made strategies for the which he was also prosecuted. Later this
freedom struggle. Maulana Mazharul Haque newspaper was shut down. Along with playing
was one of the prominent leaders of India an active role in India's freedom movement,
who played an active role in building national he made significant contributions to Hindu-
unity during the freedom struggle and Muslim unity, social welfare, and education.
preparing the roadmap of the movement. He He died on 2 January 1930.

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