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'''Sudha Roy''' (1914–1987) was an Indian communist [[trade union]]ist and politician. She was a prominent leader of the Bengal Labour Party, the [[Bolshevik Party of India]] and later joined the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="Sena2001">{{cite book|author=Maṇikuntalā Sena|title=In search of freedom: an unfinished journey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DpuAAAAMAAJ|date=1 April 2001|publisher=Stree|isbn=978-81-85604-25-1|page=57}}</ref> She was one of the most prominent female leaders of the Bengali left.<ref name="Guha1996">{{cite book|author=Sampa Guha|title=Political Participation of Women in a Changing Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6TU-AAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Inter-India Publications|isbn=978-81-210-0344-5|page=105}}</ref>

==Youth==
Roy was born in 1914 into a [[Kayastha]] landlord family in [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila|Faridpur]].<ref name="Sen1985">{{cite book|author=Sunil Kumar Sen|title=The working women and popular movements in Bengal: from the Gandhi era to the present day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQwuAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=K.P. Bagchi|page=96}}</ref> She joined labour movement in the 1930s, having been introduced to labour politics by her brother [[Sisir Roy]] during her student days.<ref name="Sen1985"/><ref name="Sen1999"/><ref name="Sadasivan1977">{{cite book|author=S. N. Sadasivan|title=Party and democracy in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ2KAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill|pages=90–92}}</ref><ref name="Mukherjee1996">{{cite book|author=Amitabha Mukherjee|title=Women in Indian Life and Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWHaAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Punthi Pustak and Institute of Historical Studies|isbn=978-81-85094-97-7|page=240}}</ref> Alongside her brother, she became a key leader of the Bengal Labour Party when it was founded in 1933.<ref name=so>{{cite book|title=Socialist Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JyQsAAAAIAAJ|volume=17|year=1989|publisher=Council for Political Studies.|page=276}}</ref>

==Labour organiser==
She worked as mathematics teacher at Kamala Girls School in south [[Calcutta]] between 1932 and 1958.<ref name="Sen1985"/><ref name="GulatiBagchi2005"/><ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Labour File: A Bimonthly Journal of Labour and Economic Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHDtAAAAMAAJ|volume=5|year=2007|publisher=Information and Feature Trust|page=116}}</ref> At the time she was a well-known labour leader.<ref name="GulatiBagchi2005">{{cite book|author1=Leela Gulati|author2=Jasodhara Bagchi|title=A Space of Her Own: Personal Narratives of Twelve Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcqGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA232|date=7 April 2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0341-7|page=232}}</ref> Roy, nicknamed ''Bahinji'' ('Honoured sister') by dock workers, would pass the [[Kidderpore]] dock daily in the afternoon for union tasks.<ref name="Sen1999">{{cite book|author=Samita Sen|title=Women and Labour in Late Colonial India: The Bengal Jute Industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gN1dEJuiZ0cC&pg=PA230|date=6 May 1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-45363-9|pages=229–230}}</ref><ref name="GulatiBagchi2005"/><ref name=a/>

==Women's movement==
Roy joined the women's movement in 1943, being active in the [[All India Women's Conference]].<ref name="Sen1985"/><ref name="Sena2001"/> Roy served as vice chair of the [[National Federation of Indian Women]] between 1954 and 1982.<ref name="Sen1985"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Link: Indian Newsmagazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArsxAQAAIAAJ|volume=16|year=1974|page=34}}</ref><ref name="Congress1981">{{cite book|author=National Federation of Indian Women. Congress|title=Tenth Congress, National Federation of Indian Women, Trivandrum, December 27–30, 1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjMqAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=The Federation|page=102}}</ref>

==Electoral politics==
Sudha Roy was the sole candidate of the BPI in the [[1951 Indian general election|1951–1952 parliamentary election]].<ref name=e1951/> She stood in [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore constituency]] and obtained 25,792 votes (16.2% of vote in the constituency).<ref name=e1951>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref>

She was jailed in 1954.<ref name="Sen1985"/>

Roy contested the [[Fort (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Fort constituency]] in the [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=s1957/> She finished in fourth place, with 9.75% of the votes.<ref name=s1957>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref>

==In UTUC==
In 1958 Sudha Roy's union, the Dock Mazdoor Union, underwent a split. Sisir Roy, Sudha Roy and Buthnath De were pitted against Bishwanath Dubey.<ref name="Bogaert1970">{{cite book|author=Michael v. d Bogaert|title=Trade Unionism in Indian Ports: A Case Study at Calcutta and Bombay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3cEAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations|page=26}}</ref> Whilst Roy's group constituted the majority faction, the split significantly weakened the union.<ref name="Bogaert1970"/>

Sisir Roy died in 1960, and Sudha Roy succeeded him in the post as general secretary of the [[United Trade Union Congress]].<ref name="Crouch1966">{{cite book|author=Harold A. Crouch|title=Trade Unions and Politics in India|url=https://archive.org/details/tradeunionspolit0000crou|url-access=registration|year=1966|publisher=Manaktalas|page=[https://archive.org/details/tradeunionspolit0000crou/page/233 233]}}</ref><ref name="Congress1964">{{cite book|author=United Trades Union Congress|title=Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UzkuAQAAIAAJ|year=1964|publisher=UTUC.|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QIfAQAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|page=528}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Call|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tMKAAAAIAAJ|volume=16|year=1964|publisher=S. Bhattacharya.|page=87}}</ref>

==Joining CPI==
At the 1965 BPI party conference Sudha Roy called for a merger between BPI and CPI.<ref name="Sadasivan1977"/> The conference rejected a merger and Sudha Roy and her followers left BPI to join CPI.<ref name="Sadasivan1977"/> After shifting to CPI, she joined the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref name="Magnelia1967">{{cite book|author=Paul Francis Magnelia|title=The International Union of Students|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c4pBAAAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Peninsula Lithograph Company|page=185}}</ref>

Roy chaired the State Social Welfare Board between 1969 and 1973.<ref name="Sen1985"/><ref>{{cite book|title=National Council of Women in India Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D83lAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=National Council of Women in India.|page=45}}</ref> Roy founded the Mahila Sanskritik Saimmelan ('Women's Cultural Conference').<ref name="Sen1985"/>

Roy died in 1987.<ref>{{cite book|title=Trade Union Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=53TtAAAAMAAJ|volume=45|year=1987|publisher=All-India Trade Union Congress|page=116}}</ref>

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[[Category:1914 births]]
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[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Female politicians of the Communist Party of India]]
[[Category:Indian women trade unionists]]
[[Category:Trade unionists from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Women in West Bengal politics]]
[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
[[Category:People from Faridpur District]]
[[Category:Politicians from Kolkata]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]

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