!66 A. Kshirod Chandra Dev (1893-1937), 167. Khirod Prava Biswas (1888-1996)

Khirod was born in Sylet, A good orator, a Parliamentarian, a congress leader of Surma Valley. He gave up his legal profession and joined Non-Cooperation movement in 1921.He joined Swarajya Dal in 1923 and was elected as a member of Assam Assembly. He conducted the non-violent  movement of one thousand farmers of Manipur. He was released in 1932 after two years of imprisonment for joining in non-cooperation movement.. Then he joined in Congress and became deputy leader of Assam Parliamentary members of Congress. He wrote political essays in Janashakti, Sreebhumi, and Prabasi.

Khirodprava was born in Insin of Burma. Her ancestral home was Chittagang . She was the widow of Mahim Biswas. She was the cousin elder sister of Surya Sen. Masterda, Kalpana Dutta remained underground at her residence.The Military surrounded her house on 16 Feb 1933. A straight fight took place between the military and the revolutionaries. At last Surya Sen and Brajen Sen was arrested.  She had to suffer for years rigorous imprisonment for giving shelter to the fugitive revolutionaries. She was their messenger and she used to keep their weapons.He sons and daughters were also imprisoned for participating in freedom movement. She was a political pension holder but she was not awarded with copper vessel. She passed her life in her old age in a very distress condition in Gangulee bagan, Kolkata.She did not loose her memory even at the age of 108.