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'''Leela Roy''' {{née|'''Nag'''}} (2 October 1900 – 11 June 1970), was a | '''Leela Roy''' {{née|'''Nag'''}} (2 October 1900 – 11 June 1970), was a radical leftist Indian woman politician and reformer, and a close associate of [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Nag,_Lila|title=Nag, Lila |website=Banglapedia|language=en|access-date=2017-12-21}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last1=Sengupta|first1=Subodh|last2=Basu|first2=Anjali|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata}}</ref> She was born in [[Goalpara]], [[Assam]] to Girish Chandra Naag, who was a deputy magistrate, and her mother was Kunjalata Naag. She was the first female student of [[University of Dhaka|Dhaka University.]] | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
She was born into an upper middle class | She was born into an upper middle class [[Kayastha]] family in [[Sylhet]] in [[Bengal]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]) and educated at the [[Bethune College]] in Calcutta, graduating with a gold medal in English. Her father was Girischandra Nag. He was the tutor of Subhas Chandra Bose. She fought with university authorities and became the first woman to be admitted to the [[University of Dhaka]] and earned her M.A. degree. Co-education was not permitted in Dhaka University. The then Vice Chancellor [[Philip Hartog]] gave a special permission for her admission.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://roar.media/bangla/biography/leela-nag-the-first-female-student-of-dhaka-university/|script-title=bn:ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের প্রথম ছাত্রী লীলা নাগ ও তার সংগ্রামী জীবন|last=Amin|first=Rubayet|date=2017-03-12|work=Roar বাংলা|access-date=2017-12-21|language=bn-IN}}</ref> | ||
==Social work== | ==Social work== | ||
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She threw herself into social work and education for girls, starting the second girls school in Dhaka. She encouraged girls learning skills and receiving vocational training and emphasized the need for girls to learn martial arts to defend themselves. Over the years, she set up a number of schools and institutes for women. | She threw herself into social work and education for girls, starting the second girls school in Dhaka. She encouraged girls learning skills and receiving vocational training and emphasized the need for girls to learn martial arts to defend themselves. Over the years, she set up a number of schools and institutes for women. | ||
She contacted Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose when he was leading the relief action after the 1921 Bengal floods | She contacted Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose when he was leading the relief action after the 1921 Bengal floods. Leela Nag, then a student of the Dhaka University, was instrumental in forming the Dhaka Women's Committee and, in that capacity, raised donations and relief goods to help Netaji. | ||
In 1931, she began publishing ''[http://jayasreepatrika.org/ Jayasree]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jayasree Patrika – Jayasree Patrika|url=http://jayasreepatrika.org/|access-date=2020-10-30|language=en-US}}</ref> the first magazine edited, managed, and wholly contributed by women writers. It received the blessings of many eminent personalities including [[Rabindranath Tagore]], who suggested its name.<ref name=":0" /> | In 1931, she began publishing ''[http://jayasreepatrika.org/ Jayasree]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jayasree Patrika – Jayasree Patrika|url=http://jayasreepatrika.org/|access-date=2020-10-30|language=en-US}}</ref> the first magazine edited, managed, and wholly contributed by women writers. It received the blessings of many eminent personalities including [[Rabindranath Tagore]], who suggested its name.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Assam]] | [[Category:Indian independence activists from Assam]] | ||
[[Category:People from Sylhet]] | [[Category:People from Sylhet]] | ||
[[Category:1900 births]] | [[Category:1900 births]] | ||
[[Category:1970 deaths]] | [[Category:1970 deaths]] | ||
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[[Category:Hindu feminists]] | [[Category:Hindu feminists]] | ||
[[Category:Bengali Hindus]] | [[Category:Bengali Hindus]] | ||
[[Category:Female revolutionaries]] | |||
[[Category:Indian independence activists from West Bengal]] | |||