Chaudhurani, Sarala Devi, 1872-1945

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Name (Latin)
Chaudhurani, Sarala Devi, 1872-1945
Other forms of name
Caudharānī, Saralādevī, 1872-1945
Chaudhrani, Saraladevi, 1872-1945
Ghosal, Sarala, 1872-1945
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, 1872-1945
Sarala Devi, 1872-1945
Sarala Ghosal, 1872-1945
Date of birth
1872-09-09
Date of death
1945-08-18
Associated Language
ben
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 57552350
Wikidata: Q7423026
Library of congress: no2002089113
TAU10: 000262475
Sources of Information
  • Gān̐dhī aura Saralādevī Caudharānī, 2023:t.p. (Saralādevī Caudharānī) t.p. verso (Saraladevi Chaudhrani) jkt. (lived in Calcutta)
  • Early feminists of colonial India, c2002:t.p. (Sarala Devi Chaudhurani) p. 1 (Sarala Ghosal (1872-1945), known after marriage as Sarala Devi Chaudhurani)
  • The many worlds of Sarala Devi, c2010.
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Wikipedia description:

Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (born Sarala Ghosal; 9 September 1872 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian educationist and political activist, who founded Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 1910. This was the first national-level women's organization in India. One of the primary goals of the organization was to promote female education. The organization opened several offices in Lahore (then part of unpartitioned India), Allahabad, Delhi, Karachi, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Bankura, Hazaribagh, Midnapur, and Kolkata to improve the situation of women all over India.

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