127. Kalyani Das, Bhattacharya ( 1907-1983)

Kalyani Das was born in Cuttak on 28.5.1907. Her father was a renowned teacher Benimadhab Das. They were inhabitants of Chittagung . While she was reading in M.A. in Calcutta Univrsity, she organised the ladies front "Chatri Sangha" of the political party. She was well connected with Revolutionary Dinesh Majumdar and Subhas Chandra Bose. She was arrested while participating in Civil dis-obedience movement in 1930. She was detained for eight months for organising an illegal meeting in Hazra Park in 1932. She also detained in jail for 5 years from 1933 for participating revolutionary work.
After being released she was married with Nirmalendu Bhattacharya. In 1933 she was detained in Hijli and Midnapore jail and was released in 1938. She published a political monthly paper "Mandira". In 1940, she along with her husband joined Civil Liberty movement in Bombay and was detained for three months in jail.During the famine she had done many relief work through "Bengal Relief Committee.The revolutionary Bina Das Bhowmik washer younger sister. She wrote an autobiography, "Jiban Adyayan.".