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 ==Early life==
 [[File:Kanaklata Udyan, Tezpur.jpg|thumb|235px|A sculpture at Kanaklata Udyan showing the police shooting of 1942]]
-Born on 27 March 1915<ref name="Pathak2008">{{cite book|author=Guptajit Pathak|title=Assamese Women in Indian Independence Movement: With a Special Emphasis on Kanaklata Barua|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6igd9NaJFlUC&pg=PA118|year=2008|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-233-2|pages=118–}}</ref> to Rameswar Saikia and Swarnalata in [[North Lakhimpur]] in [[Assam]], Das did her schooling at Panbazar Girls High School.<ref name="Pushpa Lata Das (1951-2003)" /> She started her political activities from school days and was the secretary of an organization by name, '' Mukti Sangha''. In 1931, she and her comrades organized a protest against the hanging of the revolutionary, [[Bhagat Singh]] by the [[British Raj]] and was expelled from school. She continued her studies as a private student and passed the matriculation examination in 1934, after which she joined [[Benaras Hindu University]] to complete her intermediate course. Later, she graduated from [[Andhra University]] and secured post-graduate degree from the same university in 1938. Subsequently, she enrolled herself for studies in Law at Earle Law College, Guwahati where continued her student politics; she was the secretary of the college union in 1940. It was during this time, [[Gandhiji]] called for ''Individual [[Satyagraha]]'', as a part of [[civil disobedience movement]] and as a precursor to the [[Quit India Movement]] which would be launched two years later,<ref name="Individual Satyagraha 1940-41">{{cite web | url=http://www.gktoday.in/individual-satyagraha-1940-41/ | title=Individual Satyagraha 1940-41 | publisher=GK Today | date=2016 | access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> and Das participated in the movement. She was incarcerated which effectively cut short her law studies.<ref name="Pushpa Lata Das (1951-2003)" />
+Born on 27 March 1915<ref name="Pathak2008">{{cite book|author=Guptajit Pathak|title=Assamese Women in Indian Independence Movement: With a Special Emphasis on Kanaklata Barua|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6igd9NaJFlUC&pg=PA118|year=2008|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-233-2|pages=118–}}</ref> to Rameswar Saikia and Swarnalata in [[North Lakhimpur]] in [[Assam]], Das did her schooling at Panbazar Girls High School.<ref name="Pushpa Lata Das (1951-2003)" /> She started her political activities from school days and was the secretary of an organization by name, '' Mukti Sangha''. In 1931, she and her comrades organized a protest against the hanging of the revolutionary, [[Bhagat Singh]] by the [[British Raj]] and was expelled from school. She continued her studies as a private student and passed the matriculation examination in 1934, after which she joined [[Benaras Hindu University]] to complete her intermediate course. Later, she graduated from [[Andhra University]] and secured post-graduate degree from the same university in 1938. Subsequently, she enrolled herself for studies in law at Earle Law College, Guwahati where continued her student politics; she was the secretary of the college union in 1940. It was during this time, [[Gandhiji]] called for ''Individual [[Satyagraha]]'', as a part of [[civil disobedience movement]] and as a precursor to the [[Quit India Movement]] which would be launched two years later,<ref name="Individual Satyagraha 1940-41">{{cite web | url=http://www.gktoday.in/individual-satyagraha-1940-41/ | title=Individual Satyagraha 1940-41 | publisher=GK Today | date=2016 | access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> and Das participated in the movement. She was incarcerated which effectively cut short her law studies.<ref name="Pushpa Lata Das (1951-2003)" />
 ==Political life==
-Due to her association with the National Planning Committee as a member of its Women Sub Committee, Das moved to Mumbai that year and stayed there for two years. Her activities gave her opportunities to work alongside [[Mridula Sarabhai]] and [[Vijaya Laxmi Pandit]] as well as [[Omeo Kumar Das]], then sitting member of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]],<ref name="Lokanayak Omeo Okumar Das">{{cite web | url=http://www.freeindia.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=524 | title=Lokanayak Omeo Okumar Das | publisher=Free India | date=2016 | access-date=26 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421190350/http://freeindia.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=524 | archive-date=21 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> whom she married in 1942. She returned to Assam after her marriage and formed two organizations, ''Shanti Bahini'' and ''Mrityu Bahini''.<ref name="Freedom Struggle in Assam">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308985.html | title=Freedom Struggle in Assam | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> In September 1942, Das and her comrades of ''Mrityu Bahini'' led a protest to the local police station holding the [[National Flag of India]] and it was at this procession, the police opened fire which led to the death of her colleague, [[Kanaklata Barua]].<ref name="Pathak2008-2">{{cite book|author=Guptajit Pathak|title=Assamese Women in Indian Independence Movement: With a Special Emphasis on Kanaklata Barua|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6igd9NaJFlUC&pg=PA52|year=2008|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-233-2|pages=52–}}</ref> By that time, she had already become a member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] and the convener of the women’s wing of the Assam Congress Committee and reportedly worked to get Assam out of the grouping with [[East Pakistan]].<ref name="Pushpa Lata Das (1951-2003)" />
+Due to her association with the National Planning Committee as a member of its Women Sub Committee, Das moved to Mumbai that year and stayed there for two years. Her activities gave her opportunities to work alongside [[Mridula Sarabhai]] and [[Vijaya Laxmi Pandit]] as well as [[Omeo Kumar Das]], then sitting member of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]],<ref name="Lokanayak Omeo Okumar Das">{{cite web | url=http://www.freeindia.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=524 | title=Lokanayak Omeo Okumar Das | publisher=Free India | date=2016 | access-date=26 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421190350/http://freeindia.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=524 | archive-date=21 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> whom she married in 1942. She returned to Assam after her marriage and formed two organizations, ''Shanti Bahini'' and ''Mrityu Bahini''.<ref name="Freedom Struggle in Assam">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308985.html | title=Freedom Struggle in Assam | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> In September 1942, Das and her comrades of ''Mrityu Bahini'' led a protest to the local police station holding the [[National Flag of India]] and it was at this procession, the police opened fire which led to the death of her colleague, [[Kanaklata Barua]].<ref name="Pathak2008-2">{{cite book|author=Guptajit Pathak|title=Assamese Women in Indian Independence Movement: With a Special Emphasis on Kanaklata Barua|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6igd9NaJFlUC&pg=PA52|year=2008|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-233-2|pages=52–}}</ref> By that time, she had already become a member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] and the convener of the women's wing of the Assam Congress Committee and reportedly worked to get Assam out of the grouping with [[East Pakistan]].<ref name="Pushpa Lata Das (1951-2003)" />
 After the Indian independence in 1947, Das couple focused their activities in [[Dhekiajuli]] in Assam which Omeo Kumar Das represented in Assam Legistalive Assembly for successive terms from 1951 to 1967.<ref name="List of Winning MLA's from Dhekiajuli Till Date">{{cite web | url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/assam/dhekiajuli-assembly-constituency.html | title=List of Winning MLA's from Dhekiajuli Till Date | publisher=Maps of India | date=2016 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> Pushpalata Das herself was nominated to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1951 and held the position 1961.<ref name="Puspa Lata Das – Freedom Fighter of India">{{cite web | url=http://www.indian-gk.in/freedom_fighters/puspa-lata-das-freedom-fighter-of-india/ | title=Puspa Lata Das – Freedom Fighter of India | publisher=Indian GK | date=2016 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> It was during this period she led the 1957 election campaign of [[Chandraprava Saikiani]] from Bajali constituency.<ref name="Baragohāñi1999">{{cite book|author=Nirupamā Baragohāñi|title=One Life Many Rivers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cCS3E11jeR0C&pg=PT156|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0688-5|pages=156–}}</ref> Later, she was elected to the [[Congress Working Committee]] in 1958 and the next year, she visited a number of East European countries as a member of the parliamentary delegation. In 1967, she contested from [[Dhekiajuli]] when her husband vacated the constituency, winning the election representing [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="Assam Legislative Assembly - MLA 1967-72">{{cite web | url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/mla-1967-72.html | title=Assam Legislative Assembly - MLA 1967-72 | publisher=Assam Legislative Assembly | date=2016 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> and repeated the success in 1971.<ref name="List of Winning MLA's from Dhekiajuli Till Date" /> After the death of her husband on 23 January 1975,<ref name="Lokanayak Omeo Okumar Das" /> Das withdrew from parliamentary politics, concentrating for more social service.<ref name="Das2013">{{cite book|author=Samir Kumar Das|title=Governing India's Northeast: Essays on Insurgency, Development and the Culture of Peace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSFGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA36|date=4 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-81-322-1146-4|pages=36–}}</ref> She served as the chairperson of the Assam chapter of the All India Khadi Board and chaired the state boards of Bhudan and Gramdan initiatives.<ref name="Puspa Lata Das – Freedom Fighter of India" /> She was also associated with the Central Social Welfare Board and served as a member of the women's section of the Congress Planning Committee and the East India wing of the [[Censor Board of India]]. She edited the Assamese magazine, ''Jayanti'' and headed the Assam branch of the [[Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust]] for a certain period of time.<ref name="Pushpa Lata Das (1951-2003)" /> She also published one book, ''Rajarama Sukla rashtriyaatma varcasva evam krtitva, san 1898-1962'', released in 1976.<ref name="Rajarama Sukla rashtriyaatma varcasva evam krtitva, san 1898-1962">{{cite book | title=Rajarama Sukla rashtriyaatma varcasva evam krtitva, san 1898-1962 | publisher=Durga Prakasana | author=Pushpalata Das | year=1976 | pages=359 | asin=B0000CR6XS}}</ref>