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| birth_place = [[Panighatta]] Tea Estate, [[Mirik (community development block)]], [[Okhaldunga District]], West Bengal, India{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
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'''Rangu Souriya''' is an Indian activist and social worker for women and children. She is the founder of [[Kanchanjunga Uddhar Kendra]], a [[non-profit organization]] based in [[Siliguri]], dedicated to helping victims of [[Sexual slavery|sex trafficking]] in [[Darjeeling]], [[North East India]] and [[Nepal]]. She was awarded the [[Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards]] in 2011.

== Work ==
In 2004, Souriya went to [[Kathmandu]] to seek guidance from [[Anuradha Koirala]] and team [[Maiti Nepal]]. After interacting and learning from them, she came back to Darjeeling and started Kanchanjunga Uddhar Kendra.<ref>{{cite web|title=An interview with founder member of ‘Kanchanjunga Uddhar Kendra’ – Ms. Rangu Souria|url=http://darjeelingtimes.com/an-interview-with-founder-member-of-kanchanjunga-uddhar-kendra-ms-rangu-souria/|website=DarjeelingTimes.com|accessdate=25 January 2016}}</ref> Since then she and others at the NGO have rescued more than 1100 girls from cities like [[Patna]], [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], and [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rescuing poor girls from traffickers’ traps|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/rescuing-poor-girls-from-traffickers--traps/851435/|website=The Indian Express|accessdate=24 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="saviour">{{cite web|title=Rangu Souriya - Saviour for Trafficked Girls|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Rangu-Souriya---Saviour-for-Trafficked-Girls/2014/02/10/article2048718.ece|website=The New Indian Express|accessdate=25 January 2016}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
Souriya received the Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Award in 2011 and was recognised with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Women Achievers’ Award in 2009. In addition, she has been honoured by more than 20 regional organisations for her services.<ref name="saviour"/>

In January 2016, she was listed as part of the 100 Women Initiative of the [[Ministry of Women and Child Development (India)]] that aims to recognise and acknowledge 100 women who are making a difference in their communities across the country,<ref>{{cite web|title=‘#100Women Initiative’ launched by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with Facebook to recognize 100 women achievers across India|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=123231|website=Press Information Bureau, Government of India|accessdate=25 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Honour for GORKHA ICON – Rangu Souriya|url=http://darjeelingtimes.com/national-honour-for-%e2%80%aagorkha%e2%80%ac-icon-rangu-souriya/#|website=DarjeelingTimes.com|accessdate=25 January 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Social worker]]
*[[Anuradha Koirala]]

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