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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes| 1923|07|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pathankot]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|09|28|1923|07|01}}<br />
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| parents = Mathuradas Trehan<br />
| known_for = freedom struggle, social activism<br />
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| footnotes = Founded Stree Sabha<br />
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'''Sushila Chain Trehan''' (1 July 1923 – 28 September 2011) was a freedom fighter and women activist. She worked towards educating and liberating the women of Punjab until her death.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Sushila Chain Trehan - Women Freedom Fighter|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/15353/sushila-chain-trehen-woman-freedom-fighter-india/|website=The Better India|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Sushila - Women Rights leader|url=https://www.inuth.com/india/women-freedom-fighters-of-india/sushila-chain-trehen-leading-member-of-arya-samaj-who-fought-for-womens-rights/|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Trehan was born in [[Pathankot]] and was the youngest of four siblings. Her father Mathuradas Trehen, was a contractor and one of the founder members of [[Congress party of India|Congress Party]] in his area and also a leading member of [[Arya Samaj]].<ref name=":0" /> Trehan was also a leader of the East Punjab Istri Sabha.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://uddari.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/a-great-punjabi-woman-sushila-chayn-1923-2011/|title=A Great Punjabi Woman – Sushila Chayn 1923-2011|date=2011-10-05|work=Uddari Weblog|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Trehan lost her father under mysterious circumstances and the family lost their source of income and wealth.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Trehan married Chain Singh Chain who was a founder member of Kiry Party.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Career as activist==<br />
Trehan joined the Arya Samaj as a teenager when while attending an opening meeting the attendees were surrounded by police and beaten up. Trehan at that age, decided to fight against injustice.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Trehan became a political activist and moved to the communist party headquarter in [[Lahore]] in 1941.<ref name=":2" /> That time she was working along <nowiki>[[Bibi Raghbir Kaur]]</nowiki> who was a [[Ghadar Party|Kirti-Ghadar Party]] member of Punjab State Legislative assembly. By this time, Trehan had left home and joined <nowiki>[[Shakuntala Azad]]</nowiki> to join the freedom fighters against the capitalist system Indian society was under.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Trehan later joined the Kirty Party after much opposition. She proved her mettle by tolerating torture and lathi charges against injustice by the then British Raj police.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Social Work==<br />
Trehan traveled the remote villages of Punjab to encourage women to cook, sew and clean. This was to promote the belief of being self dependent in times where women were not given enough support to be independent.<ref name=":0" /><br />
After India's independence, Trehan continued to promote education for children and opened three girls' schools and one co-education.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Trehan was the first ever woman panch of her village panchayat council in Daduwal. Until her death in 2011, she tackled the social problems at the grassroots level – dowry, domestic violence, casteism and inter-caste marriage.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Chain and Trehan ran and hid from one location to other for the causes they believed in. They lost three of their children and their only surviving daughter Savita was left to be brought up by relatives.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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