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Mitra was born as Amita or Bela Bose<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa5Pp0zSAmoC&q=Bela+Mitra&pg=PA82|title=Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Contemporary Anecdotes, Reminiscences|last=Priyadarśī Mukherji|year=2009|isbn=9788124114285|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> in Kodalia, undivided [[24 Parganas]] in [[British India]]. Her father was [[Suresh Chandra Bose]]. She was the niece of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. She married freedom fighter [[Haridas Mitra]] in 1936.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz3eKF7NdlAC&q=Bela+Mitra&pg=PA68|title=Gupta Ashoka: In the Path of Service: A memoir of a Social Worker|last=Ashoka Gupta|year=2005|isbn=9788185604565|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> Haridas later became the deputy Speaker of West Bengal Assembly. Their son [[Amit Mitra]] is an economist and present finance Minister of the State of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/From-corporate-boardrooms-to-Writers-Buildings/article20245360.ece|title=From corporate boardrooms to Writers' Buildings|website=thehindubusinessline.com|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> | Mitra was born as Amita or Bela Bose<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa5Pp0zSAmoC&q=Bela+Mitra&pg=PA82|title=Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Contemporary Anecdotes, Reminiscences|last=Priyadarśī Mukherji|year=2009|isbn=9788124114285|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> in Kodalia, undivided [[24 Parganas]] in [[British India]]. Her father was [[Suresh Chandra Bose]]. She was the niece of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. She married freedom fighter [[Haridas Mitra]] in 1936.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz3eKF7NdlAC&q=Bela+Mitra&pg=PA68|title=Gupta Ashoka: In the Path of Service: A memoir of a Social Worker|last=Ashoka Gupta|year=2005|isbn=9788185604565|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> Haridas later became the deputy Speaker of West Bengal Assembly. Their son [[Amit Mitra]] is an economist and present finance Minister of the State of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/From-corporate-boardrooms-to-Writers-Buildings/article20245360.ece|title=From corporate boardrooms to Writers' Buildings|website=thehindubusinessline.com|date=20 May 2011 |access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> | ||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
Mitra took active part in anti British movement since 1940 while Subhas Chandra Bose left Ramgarh Session of the [[Indian National Congress]]. Her husband Haridas Mitra was a member of secret service team of [[Azad Hind Fauj]]. Smt. Mitra joined in Indian National Army and worked in Jhansi Rani Brigade.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/At-64-new-battles-to-be-waged-and-won/articleshow/9586334.cms|title=At 64, new battles to be waged and won|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> She gave shelters to the revolutionaries came outside of India,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hOz3DQAAQBAJ&q=Bela+Mitra&pg=PT61|title=Challenge to the Empire- A Study of Netaji|last=Dr. S. C. Maikap|year=1993|isbn=9788123023649|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> operated transmitter of [[Azad Hind Radio]] and sent information to [[Singapore]] from [[Kolkata]] since January to October in 1944. While her husband Haridas Mitra was arrested and sentenced to death on 21 June 1945, she went to [[Poona]], prayed to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to pursue for acquittal of her husband to the British Government. Gandhi wrote letters to the then [[Viceroy of india|Viceroy of India]], [[Lord Wavell]], to commute the death sentence, and subsequently Haridas Mitra get released along with three others Jyotish Basu, Amar Singh Gill, Pabitra Roy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/when-mahatma-saved-netajis-revolutionaries-from-gallows/|title=When Mahatma saved Netaji's revolutionaries from gallows|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> In 1947 Smt. Mitra formed a social organisation, Jhansir Rani Relief Team. In 1950 she started worked in Abhaynagar near [[Dankuni]] for the development of refugees came from [[East Pakistan]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Sansab Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu|first=Vol - I|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=367}}</ref> | Mitra took active part in anti British movement since 1940 while Subhas Chandra Bose left Ramgarh Session of the [[Indian National Congress]]. Her husband Haridas Mitra was a member of secret service team of [[Azad Hind Fauj]]. Smt. Mitra joined in Indian National Army and worked in Jhansi Rani Brigade.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/At-64-new-battles-to-be-waged-and-won/articleshow/9586334.cms|title=At 64, new battles to be waged and won|website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> She gave shelters to the revolutionaries came outside of India,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hOz3DQAAQBAJ&q=Bela+Mitra&pg=PT61|title=Challenge to the Empire- A Study of Netaji|last=Dr. S. C. Maikap|year=1993|isbn=9788123023649|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> operated transmitter of [[Azad Hind Radio]] and sent information to [[Singapore]] from [[Kolkata]] since January to October in 1944. While her husband Haridas Mitra was arrested and sentenced to death on 21 June 1945, she went to [[Poona]], prayed to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to pursue for acquittal of her husband to the British Government. Gandhi wrote letters to the then [[Viceroy of india|Viceroy of India]], [[Lord Wavell]], to commute the death sentence, and subsequently Haridas Mitra get released along with three others Jyotish Basu, Amar Singh Gill, Pabitra Roy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/when-mahatma-saved-netajis-revolutionaries-from-gallows/|title=When Mahatma saved Netaji's revolutionaries from gallows|website=indianexpress.com|date=15 September 2014 |access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> In 1947 Smt. Mitra formed a social organisation, Jhansir Rani Relief Team. In 1950 she started worked in Abhaynagar near [[Dankuni]] for the development of refugees came from [[East Pakistan]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Sansab Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu|first=Vol - I|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=367}}</ref> | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
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[[Category:Indian revolutionaries]] | [[Category:Indian revolutionaries]] | ||
[[Category:Indian women of World War II]] | [[Category:Indian women of World War II]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Social workers]] | ||
[[Category:People from Kolkata]] | [[Category:People from Kolkata]] | ||
[[Category:Social workers from West Bengal]] | [[Category:Social workers from West Bengal]] | ||
[[Category:Indian independence activists from West Bengal]] | |||
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Bela Mitra | |
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| Born | Amita Bose 1920 |
| Died | July 31, 1952 (aged 31–32) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Bela Bose |
| Organization | Rani of Jhansi Regiment, Indian National Army |
| Movement | Indian Independence Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Haridas Mitra (1936–1952; her death) |
| Children | Amit Mitra |
| Relatives | Suresh Bose (father) Subhas Chandra Bose (uncle) |
Bela Mitra, née Bose (1920 – 31 July 1952) was a Bengali revolutionary involved with the Jhansi Rani Regiment, the Women's Regiment of the Indian National Army, and a social worker.
Family[edit | edit source]
Mitra was born as Amita or Bela Bose[1] in Kodalia, undivided 24 Parganas in British India. Her father was Suresh Chandra Bose. She was the niece of Subhas Chandra Bose. She married freedom fighter Haridas Mitra in 1936.[2] Haridas later became the deputy Speaker of West Bengal Assembly. Their son Amit Mitra is an economist and present finance Minister of the State of West Bengal.[3][4]
Activities[edit | edit source]
Mitra took active part in anti British movement since 1940 while Subhas Chandra Bose left Ramgarh Session of the Indian National Congress. Her husband Haridas Mitra was a member of secret service team of Azad Hind Fauj. Smt. Mitra joined in Indian National Army and worked in Jhansi Rani Brigade.[4] She gave shelters to the revolutionaries came outside of India,[5] operated transmitter of Azad Hind Radio and sent information to Singapore from Kolkata since January to October in 1944. While her husband Haridas Mitra was arrested and sentenced to death on 21 June 1945, she went to Poona, prayed to Mahatma Gandhi to pursue for acquittal of her husband to the British Government. Gandhi wrote letters to the then Viceroy of India, Lord Wavell, to commute the death sentence, and subsequently Haridas Mitra get released along with three others Jyotish Basu, Amar Singh Gill, Pabitra Roy.[6] In 1947 Smt. Mitra formed a social organisation, Jhansir Rani Relief Team. In 1950 she started worked in Abhaynagar near Dankuni for the development of refugees came from East Pakistan.[7]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
Smt Mitra died in 1952. Belanagar railway station in Howrah district on the Howrah-Bardhaman Chord line, is named after her in 1958. This was the first Railway station in India named after any Indian woman.[7][3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Priyadarśī Mukherji (2009). Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Contemporary Anecdotes, Reminiscences. ISBN 9788124114285. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ↑ Ashoka Gupta (2005). Gupta Ashoka: In the Path of Service: A memoir of a Social Worker. ISBN 9788185604565. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "From corporate boardrooms to Writers' Buildings". thehindubusinessline.com. 20 May 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "At 64, new battles to be waged and won". The Times of India. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ↑ Dr. S. C. Maikap (1993). Challenge to the Empire- A Study of Netaji. ISBN 9788123023649. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ↑ "When Mahatma saved Netaji's revolutionaries from gallows". indianexpress.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu, Vol - I (2002). Sansab Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 367. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
