Friday, June 7, 2013

!22. Kamala Chattopadhyay, Mukhopadhyay (1913 -?)

She was born in the district of Howrah. During studying in Mymensingh Vidyamayee Balika Vidyalaya she was inspired in patriotism. She organised  strike in the School on the occasion of arrival of Simon Commission in 1928.As a result the students were aske d to leave the boarding house.She joined in thde civil diobedience movement of 1930. She worked as a poat woman  and as a store keeper of secret materials.She was connected with the plan of escape by the prisoners of the Chittagong Armoury raid from the jail by destroying the jail with the help of Dynamite. She was arrested in 1932 and was detained in Seuri jail and Hijli Jail as a political prisoner. She was released in 1938 and became a member of Communist Party of India at the end of 1938. She devoted herself in the service of famine affected people from Mahila Atmaraksha Samity. In 1944 she organised a "nari Seva Sangha " fo the orphan females. She played an important role in the riot of 1946-47. She contributed regularly in different magazines of freedom struggle and Salvation of Female personnel.  

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