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	\|birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1875\|03\|25}}<ref>~~http~~://~~rajyasabha.nic~~.in/~~rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf {{Bare URL PDF~~\|date=~~March 2022~~}}</ref>		\|birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1875\|03\|25}}<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Centre \|first=National Informatics \|title=Digital Sansad \|url=https://sansad.in/rs \|access-date=2025-10-18 \|website=Digital Sansad \|language=en}}</ref>
	\| birth_place = Chakraberia Road, [[Bhowanipore]], Calcutta		\| birth_place = Chakraberia Road, [[Bhowanipore]], Calcutta
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	\|alma_mater =[[Bethune School\|Bethune College]], [[Maria Grey Training College]]<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Karlekar\|first1=Malavika\|title=A VOYAGE OUT – How Sailabala Das discovers that the Red Sea is not red\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090809/jsp/opinion/story_11332838.jsp\|publisher=The Telegraph\|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>{{Use Indian English\|date=October 2013}}		\|alma_mater =[[Bethune School\|Bethune College]], [[Maria Grey Training College]]<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Karlekar\|first1=Malavika\|title=A VOYAGE OUT – How Sailabala Das discovers that the Red Sea is not red\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090809/jsp/opinion/story_11332838.jsp\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141025155952/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090809/jsp/opinion/story_11332838.jsp\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=25 October 2014\|publisher=The Telegraph\|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>{{Use Indian English\|date=October 2013}}
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	'''Sailabala Das''' (25 March 1875 – 29 April 1968) was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.<ref name="Mohanty2005">{{cite book\|author=Sachidananda Mohanty\|title=Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898–1950: A Lost Tradition\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAicQsB1jkgC&pg=PA45\|year=2005\|publisher=SAGE Publications\|isbn=978-0-7619-3308-3\|pages=45–}}</ref>		'''Sailabala Das''' (25 March 1875 – 29 April 1968) was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.<ref name="Mohanty2005">{{cite book\|author=Sachidananda Mohanty\|title=Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898–1950: A Lost Tradition\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAicQsB1jkgC&pg=PA45\|year=2005\|publisher=SAGE Publications\|isbn=978-0-7619-3308-3\|pages=45–}}</ref>

	Sailabala Das eldest child of Ambica Charan Hazra and Prosannamayee, was born on the 25 March 1875 at the [[Bhowanipore]] (Calcutta) house of [[Madhusudan Das]]. She had five siblings. Following an untimely demise of her mother, she was adopted by Madhusudan Das.		==Life==

	~~In 1903~~, ~~she formed the Utkal Young Men's Association~~ and ~~managed the Utkal Young Women's Association. She was instrumental in creation of the first women's college in Odisha~~, ~~the main building of which~~ was ~~gifted by her. She started a Hindu widow's training school to train widows to become high school teachers. On~~ the ~~political front, she started several branches of All-India Women's Conference. She established Orissa Nari Seba Sangha in 1941 for social welfare~~ of women. Indian National Council for Women held its biennial conference in Cuttack, under her leadership. She extended her reach to Bihar, where she became the first woman inspector of prison cells in Patna, first woman to join the management committee of the [[~~Patna Medical College and Hospital\|Prince of Wales Medical College~~]] ~~and became the Syndicate member of Patna University~~. ~~Sailabala became the first woman Honorary Magistrate of India, adjudicating over 600 cases a year~~.~~<ref>~~{{~~cite web~~\|~~last1~~=~~Pattanayak\|first1=Saswat\|title=Sailabala~~ Das~~: The Dissent\|url=http://kindlemag~~.~~in/sailabala-das-the-dissent/~~\|~~publisher=Ink Publications\|access-~~date=~~25 October 2014~~}}~~</ref>~~		Sailabala Das, eldest child of Ambica Charan Hazra and Prosannamayee, was born on 25 March 1875 at the [[Bhowanipore]] (Calcutta) house of [[Madhusudan Das]]. She had five siblings.{{citation needed\|date= August 2022}} Following her mother's death, she was adopted by Madhusudan Das.{{citation needed\|date= August 2022}}

	In ~~recognition to her contribution to education, Sir [[Edward Albert Gait]]~~, the ~~last [[List of Governors of Bihar~~ and ~~Orissa~~\|~~Lieutenant Governor~~ of ~~Orissa and Bihar]]~~, ~~wanted to confer~~ the ~~[[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal\|Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal]] to~~ her ~~but she declined it~~.~~<ref name="Mohanty2006">~~{{~~cite book~~\|~~author~~=~~Sachidananda Mohanty\|title=Literature and Social Reform~~ in ~~Colonial Orissa: The Legacy~~ of ~~Sailabala Das (1875–1968)\|url=https://books~~.~~google~~.~~com/books?id=zAsTQCTCoZMC&pg=PR9~~\|date=~~1 January 2006\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-2298-4\|pages=9–~~}}~~</ref>~~		In 1903, she formed the Utkal Young Men's Association and managed the Utkal Young Women's Association.{{citation needed\|date= August 2022}} She was instrumental in creation of the first women's college in Odisha, the main building of which was gifted by her.{{citation needed\|date= August 2022}} She started a Hindu widows' training school to train widows to become high school teachers. On the political front, she started several branches of All-India Women's Conference. She established Orissa Nari Seba Sangha in 1941 for social welfare of women. Indian National Council for Women held its biennial conference in Cuttack, under her leadership.{{citation needed\|date= August 2022}}

	Shailabala Women's College, Cuttack is named after her.<ref>{{cite web\|title=SB women's college Centenary Celebration begins in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari\|url=http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event\|publisher=Discover Odisha\|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>		She extended her reach to Bihar, where she became the first woman inspector of prison cells in Patna, first woman to join the management committee of the [[Patna Medical College and Hospital\|Prince of Wales Medical College]] and a Syndicate member of Patna University. Sailabala became the first woman Honorary Magistrate of India, adjudicating over 600 cases a year.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Pattanayak\|first1=Saswat\|title=Sailabala Das: The Dissent\|date=14 March 2012 \|url=http://kindlemag.in/sailabala-das-the-dissent/\|publisher=Ink Publications\|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

			In recognition of her contribution to education, Sir [[Edward Albert Gait]], the last [[List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa\|Lieutenant Governor of Orissa and Bihar]], wanted to confer the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal\|Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal]] to her but she declined it.<ref name="Mohanty2006">{{cite book\|author=Sachidananda Mohanty\|title=Literature and Social Reform in Colonial Orissa: The Legacy of Sailabala Das (1875–1968)\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAsTQCTCoZMC&pg=PR9\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-2298-4\|pages=9–}}</ref>

			Shailabala Women's College, Cuttack is named after her.<ref>{{cite web\|title=SB women's college Centenary Celebration begins in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari\|url=http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event\|publisher=Discover Odisha\|access-date=25 October 2014\|archive-date=4 March 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090025/http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Literary works==		==Literary works==
	* A look After and Before – autobiography (1956)<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Karlekar\|first1=Malavika\|title=WONDER AND MELANCHOLY – Railway tales and travails from colonial India\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp\|publisher=The Telegraph\|access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref>		* A look After and Before – autobiography (1956)<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Karlekar\|first1=Malavika\|title=WONDER AND MELANCHOLY – Railway tales and travails from colonial India\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150423131141/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=23 April 2015\|publisher=The Telegraph\|access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref>
	* Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father (2008)<ref name="Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father">{{cite book \| title=Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father \| publisher=Bona \| author=Shailabala Das \| year=2008 \| pages=192 \| isbn=978-8187493280}}</ref>		* Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father (2008)<ref name="Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father">{{cite book \| title=Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father \| publisher=Bona \| author=Shailabala Das \| year=2008 \| pages=192 \| isbn=978-8187493280}}</ref>

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	In recognition to her contribution to education, Sir [[Edward Albert Gait]], the last [[List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa\|Lieutenant Governor of Orissa and Bihar]], wanted to confer the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal\|Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal]] to her but she declined it.<ref name="Mohanty2006">{{cite book\|author=Sachidananda Mohanty\|title=Literature and Social Reform in Colonial Orissa: The Legacy of Sailabala Das (1875–1968)\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAsTQCTCoZMC&pg=PR9\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-2298-4\|pages=9–}}</ref>		In recognition to her contribution to education, Sir [[Edward Albert Gait]], the last [[List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa\|Lieutenant Governor of Orissa and Bihar]], wanted to confer the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal\|Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal]] to her but she declined it.<ref name="Mohanty2006">{{cite book\|author=Sachidananda Mohanty\|title=Literature and Social Reform in Colonial Orissa: The Legacy of Sailabala Das (1875–1968)\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAsTQCTCoZMC&pg=PR9\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-2298-4\|pages=9–}}</ref>

	Shailabala Women's College, Cuttack is named after her.<ref>{{cite web\|title=SB ~~women’s~~ college Centenary Celebration begins in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari\|url=http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event\|publisher=Discover Odisha\|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>		Shailabala Women's College, Cuttack is named after her.<ref>{{cite web\|title=SB women's college Centenary Celebration begins in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari\|url=http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event\|publisher=Discover Odisha\|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

	==Literary works==		==Literary works==
	* A look After and Before – autobiography (1956)<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Karlekar\|first1=Malavika\|title=WONDER AND MELANCHOLY – Railway tales and travails from colonial India\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp\|publisher=The Telegraph\|access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref>		* A look After and Before – autobiography (1956)<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Karlekar\|first1=Malavika\|title=WONDER AND MELANCHOLY – Railway tales and travails from colonial India\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp\|publisher=The Telegraph\|access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref>
	* Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father (2008)<ref name="Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father">{{cite book ~~\| url=https://www.amazon.in/Tribute-Daughter-Father-Shaila-Bala/dp/8187493283/ref=sr_1_1/277-4096223-2630824?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429793930&sr=1-1~~ \| title=Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father \| publisher=Bona \| author=Shailabala Das \| year=2008 \| pages=192 \| isbn=978-8187493280}}</ref>		* Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father (2008)<ref name="Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father">{{cite book \| title=Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father \| publisher=Bona \| author=Shailabala Das \| year=2008 \| pages=192 \| isbn=978-8187493280}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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'''Sailabala Das''' (25 March 1875 – 29 April 1968) was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.<ref name="Mohanty2005">{{cite book|author=Sachidananda Mohanty|title=Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898–1950: A Lost Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAicQsB1jkgC&pg=PA45|year=2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3308-3|pages=45–}}</ref>

Sailabala Das eldest child of Ambica Charan Hazra and Prosannamayee, was born on the 25 March 1875 at the [[Bhowanipore]] (Calcutta) house of [[Madhusudan Das]]. She had five siblings. Following an untimely demise of her mother, she was adopted by Madhusudan Das.

In 1903, she formed the Utkal Young Men's Association and managed the Utkal Young Women's Association. She was instrumental in creation of the first women's college in Odisha, the main building of which was gifted by her. She started a Hindu widow's training school to train widows to become high school teachers. On the political front, she started several branches of All-India Women's Conference. She established Orissa Nari Seba Sangha in 1941 for social welfare of women. Indian National Council for Women held its biennial conference in Cuttack, under her leadership. She extended her reach to Bihar, where she became the first woman inspector of prison cells in Patna, first woman to join the management committee of the [[Patna Medical College and Hospital|Prince of Wales Medical College]] and became the Syndicate member of Patna University. Sailabala became the first woman Honorary Magistrate of India, adjudicating over 600 cases a year.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pattanayak|first1=Saswat|title=Sailabala Das: The Dissent|url=http://kindlemag.in/sailabala-das-the-dissent/|publisher=Ink Publications|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

In recognition to her contribution to education, Sir [[Edward Albert Gait]], the last [[List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa|Lieutenant Governor of Orissa and Bihar]], wanted to confer the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal|Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal]] to her but she declined it.<ref name="Mohanty2006">{{cite book|author=Sachidananda Mohanty|title=Literature and Social Reform in Colonial Orissa: The Legacy of Sailabala Das (1875–1968)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAsTQCTCoZMC&pg=PR9|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-2298-4|pages=9–}}</ref>

Shailabala Women's College, Cuttack is named after her.<ref>{{cite web|title=SB women’s college Centenary Celebration begins in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari|url=http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event|publisher=Discover Odisha|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

==Literary works==
* A look After and Before – autobiography (1956)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Karlekar|first1=Malavika|title=WONDER AND MELANCHOLY – Railway tales and travails from colonial India|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref>
* Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father (2008)<ref name="Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.in/Tribute-Daughter-Father-Shaila-Bala/dp/8187493283/ref=sr_1_1/277-4096223-2630824?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429793930&sr=1-1 | title=Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father | publisher=Bona | author=Shailabala Das | year=2008 | pages=192 | isbn=978-8187493280}}</ref>

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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
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