->Citation bot Alter: title, url. URLs might have been anonymized. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | #UCB_webform 956/2197 |
m robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit) |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}} | {{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}} | ||
'''Romola Sinha''' (1913–2010) was a women's right and social activist from [[Bengal]], [[Calcutta]], India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women Show The Way in Bengal|url=http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/07/23/women-show-the-way-in-bengal.php|accessdate=25 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Grande Dames of Service|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030215/asp/opinion/story_1667972.asp|accessdate=25 June 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 February 2003|location=Calcutta, India|first=Sunanda K.|last=Datta-Ray}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Remains of the Past|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020707/editoria.htm|accessdate=25 June 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=20 July 2010|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> | '''Romola Sinha''' (1913–2010) was a women's right and social activist from [[Bengal]], [[Calcutta]], India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women Show The Way in Bengal|url=http://thesop.org/story/world/2010/07/23/women-show-the-way-in-bengal.php|accessdate=25 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Grande Dames of Service|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030215/asp/opinion/story_1667972.asp|accessdate=25 June 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 February 2003|location=Calcutta, India|first=Sunanda K.|last=Datta-Ray}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Remains of the Past|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020707/editoria.htm|accessdate=25 June 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=20 July 2010|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> | ||
She was also known as Mrs. S. K. Sinha, after her husband, the Rt. Hon. Sushil Kumar Sinha, ICS, who was a well known Magistrate and Collector and a member of elite [[Baron Sinha|Baron Sinha family of Raipur]].<ref>The women's movement and colonial politics in Bengal: the quest for political rights, education, and social reform legislation, 1921–1936 by Barbara Southard pp X, 232, 242.</ref> Her husband was the second son of [[Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha|Lord Satyendra Prasanno Sinha]] of Raipur, an eminent lawyer, who was the only Indian Governor of Bihar and Orissa, and the only Indian to be raised to the House of Lords before independence. She was involved with social works and women's rights activism from her early age. She was noted for their fight for abolition of [[Devdasi]] system, prostitution and rehabilitation of children of prostitutes.<ref name=z>{{cite book|title=In the Path of Service: Memories of a Changing Century By Ashoka Gupta, Sipra Bhattacharya|year=2005|pages=158, 246, 258|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz3eKF7NdlAC&dq=romola+sinha+&pg=PA158|isbn=9788185604565|last1=Gupta|first1=Ashoka}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The miracle of love: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, her Missionaries of Charity, and her co-workers|year=1981|pages=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDRNRsK6VJgC&q=romola+sinha+calcutta|isbn=9780060674977|last1=Spink|first1=Kathryn}}</ref> | She was also known as Mrs. S. K. Sinha, after her husband, the Rt. Hon. Sushil Kumar Sinha, ICS, who was a well known Magistrate and Collector and a member of elite [[Baron Sinha|Baron Sinha family of Raipur]].<ref>The women's movement and colonial politics in Bengal: the quest for political rights, education, and social reform legislation, 1921–1936 by Barbara Southard pp X, 232, 242.</ref> Her husband was the second son of [[Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha|Lord Satyendra Prasanno Sinha]] of Raipur, an eminent lawyer, who was the only Indian Governor of Bihar and Orissa, and the only Indian to be raised to the House of Lords before independence. She was involved with social works and women's rights activism from her early age. She was noted for their fight for abolition of [[Devdasi]] system, prostitution and rehabilitation of children of prostitutes.<ref name=z>{{cite book|title=In the Path of Service: Memories of a Changing Century By Ashoka Gupta, Sipra Bhattacharya|year=2005|pages=158, 246, 258|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz3eKF7NdlAC&dq=romola+sinha+&pg=PA158|isbn=9788185604565|last1=Gupta|first1=Ashoka}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The miracle of love: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, her Missionaries of Charity, and her co-workers|year=1981|pages=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDRNRsK6VJgC&q=romola+sinha+calcutta|isbn=9780060674977|last1=Spink|first1=Kathryn}}</ref> | ||
She was founder member of [[All Bengal Women's Union]] since 1932 along with other women activists from Bengal like [[Suniti Devi]], the [[Maharani]] of [[Cooch Behar]], [[Charulata Mukherjee]], [[Sucharu Devi]], the Maharani of [[Mayurbhanj]] and T. R. Nelly.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Status and Empowerment of Women in India: Indian women, present status and future prospects|year=1999|pages=192|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0S3AAAAIAAJ&q=romola+sinha+|isbn=9788175940413|last1=Pruthi|first1=Raj|last2=Devi|first2=Rameshwari|last3=Pruthi|first3=Romila}}</ref> After passing of ''The Bengal Suppression of Immoral Traffic Bill, 1933'', the ABWU rescued girls and started a rehabilitation home called the All Bengal Women's Industrial Institute at Dumdum.<ref>{{cite news|title=Where Charity Begins|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070111/asp/opinion/story_7219412.asp|accessdate=25 June 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph, Kolkata|date=11 January 2007|location=Calcutta, India|first=Sunanda K.|last=Datta-Ray}}</ref> Romola Sinha, who later became first chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board in West Bengal, an institution founded at national level by [[Durgabai Deshmukh]].<ref> | She was founder member of [[All Bengal Women's Union]] since 1932 along with other women activists from Bengal like [[Suniti Devi]], the [[Maharani]] of [[Cooch Behar]], [[Charulata Mukherjee]], [[Sucharu Devi]], the Maharani of [[Mayurbhanj]] and T. R. Nelly.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Status and Empowerment of Women in India: Indian women, present status and future prospects|year=1999|pages=192|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0S3AAAAIAAJ&q=romola+sinha+|isbn=9788175940413|last1=Pruthi|first1=Raj|last2=Devi|first2=Rameshwari|last3=Pruthi|first3=Romila}}</ref> After passing of ''The Bengal Suppression of Immoral Traffic Bill, 1933'', the ABWU rescued girls and started a rehabilitation home called the All Bengal Women's Industrial Institute at Dumdum.<ref>{{cite news|title=Where Charity Begins|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070111/asp/opinion/story_7219412.asp|accessdate=25 June 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph, Kolkata|date=11 January 2007|location=Calcutta, India|first=Sunanda K.|last=Datta-Ray}}</ref> Romola Sinha, who later became first chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board in West Bengal, an institution founded at national level by [[Durgabai Deshmukh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abwu.org/aboutus.aspx |title=Social welfare organization working for women empowerment and rehabilitation |website=www.abwu.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928140806/http://www.abwu.org/aboutus.aspx |archive-date=2011-09-28}} </ref> She was also first Secretary of All Bengal Women's Union in 1932 founded under Presidency of Maharani Suniti Devi of Cooch Behar<ref>{{cite web|title=Hidden behind a modest restaurant, decades of worth, 21 October 2010|url=http://www.indiatogether.org/2010/aug/wom-rehab.htm|publisher=INDIA TOGETHER|accessdate=25 June 2012}}</ref> and later became President of ABWU for many years.<ref name=z/> She later worked along with her other contemporaries like [[Renuka Ray]], [[Seeta Chaudhuri]], Arati Sen and was a guiding light to later generation women activists from [[West Bengal]] like Sheila Davar, Bela Sen, Manek Modi, Jaya Chaliha, Pranati Ghosal and Khorshed Narielwala. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
[[Category:Indian women activists]] | [[Category:Indian women activists]] | ||
[[Category:Trade unionists from West Bengal]] | [[Category:Trade unionists from West Bengal]] | ||
[[Category:Politicians from Kolkata]] | [[Category:Politicians from Kolkata]] | ||
[[Category:Indian women trade unionists]] | [[Category:Indian women trade unionists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:44, 13 May 2022
Romola Sinha (1913–2010) was a women's right and social activist from Bengal, Calcutta, India.[1][2][3]
She was also known as Mrs. S. K. Sinha, after her husband, the Rt. Hon. Sushil Kumar Sinha, ICS, who was a well known Magistrate and Collector and a member of elite Baron Sinha family of Raipur.[4] Her husband was the second son of Lord Satyendra Prasanno Sinha of Raipur, an eminent lawyer, who was the only Indian Governor of Bihar and Orissa, and the only Indian to be raised to the House of Lords before independence. She was involved with social works and women's rights activism from her early age. She was noted for their fight for abolition of Devdasi system, prostitution and rehabilitation of children of prostitutes.[5][6]
She was founder member of All Bengal Women's Union since 1932 along with other women activists from Bengal like Suniti Devi, the Maharani of Cooch Behar, Charulata Mukherjee, Sucharu Devi, the Maharani of Mayurbhanj and T. R. Nelly.[7] After passing of The Bengal Suppression of Immoral Traffic Bill, 1933, the ABWU rescued girls and started a rehabilitation home called the All Bengal Women's Industrial Institute at Dumdum.[8] Romola Sinha, who later became first chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board in West Bengal, an institution founded at national level by Durgabai Deshmukh.[9] She was also first Secretary of All Bengal Women's Union in 1932 founded under Presidency of Maharani Suniti Devi of Cooch Behar[10] and later became President of ABWU for many years.[5] She later worked along with her other contemporaries like Renuka Ray, Seeta Chaudhuri, Arati Sen and was a guiding light to later generation women activists from West Bengal like Sheila Davar, Bela Sen, Manek Modi, Jaya Chaliha, Pranati Ghosal and Khorshed Narielwala.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Women Show The Way in Bengal". Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ Datta-Ray, Sunanda K. (15 February 2003). "Grande Dames of Service". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ "Remains of the Past". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ The women's movement and colonial politics in Bengal: the quest for political rights, education, and social reform legislation, 1921–1936 by Barbara Southard pp X, 232, 242.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gupta, Ashoka (2005). In the Path of Service: Memories of a Changing Century By Ashoka Gupta, Sipra Bhattacharya. pp. 158, 246, 258. ISBN 9788185604565.
- ↑ Spink, Kathryn (1981). The miracle of love: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, her Missionaries of Charity, and her co-workers. p. 49. ISBN 9780060674977.
- ↑ Pruthi, Raj; Devi, Rameshwari; Pruthi, Romila (1999). Encyclopaedia of Status and Empowerment of Women in India: Indian women, present status and future prospects. p. 192. ISBN 9788175940413.
- ↑ Datta-Ray, Sunanda K. (11 January 2007). "Where Charity Begins". The Telegraph, Kolkata. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ "Social welfare organization working for women empowerment and rehabilitation". www.abwu.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
- ↑ "Hidden behind a modest restaurant, decades of worth, 21 October 2010". INDIA TOGETHER. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
 | This biographical article about a women's rights activist is a stub. You can help Bharatpedia by expanding it. |