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{{Short description|Indian social worker and politician}} | {{Short description|Indian social worker and politician}} | ||
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|name = Sailabala Das | |name = Sailabala Das | ||
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|birth_name = Shoila Bala Hazra | |birth_name = Shoila Bala Hazra | ||
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1875|03|25}}<ref> | |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1875|03|25}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=National Informatics |title=Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/rs |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Digital Sansad |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| birth_place = Chakraberia Road, [[Bhowanipore]], Calcutta | | birth_place = Chakraberia Road, [[Bhowanipore]], Calcutta | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1968|04|29|1875|03|25}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1968|04|29|1875|03|25}} | ||
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|party = [[Indian National Congress]] | |party = [[Indian National Congress]] | ||
|otherparty = | |otherparty = | ||
|alma_mater =[[Bethune School|Bethune College]], [[Maria Grey Training College]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Karlekar|first1=Malavika|title=A VOYAGE OUT – How Sailabala Das discovers that the Red Sea is not red|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090809/jsp/opinion/story_11332838.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}} | |alma_mater =[[Bethune School|Bethune College]], [[Maria Grey Training College]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Karlekar|first1=Malavika|title=A VOYAGE OUT – How Sailabala Das discovers that the Red Sea is not red|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090809/jsp/opinion/story_11332838.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141025155952/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090809/jsp/opinion/story_11332838.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2014|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}} | ||
|profession = Educationist, Social Worker, Politician | |profession = Educationist, Social Worker, Politician | ||
|education = | |education = | ||
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'''Sailabala Das''' (25 March 1875 – 29 April 1968) was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.<ref name="Mohanty2005">{{cite book|author=Sachidananda Mohanty|title=Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898–1950: A Lost Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAicQsB1jkgC&pg=PA45|year=2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3308-3|pages=45–}}</ref> | '''Sailabala Das''' (25 March 1875 – 29 April 1968) was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.<ref name="Mohanty2005">{{cite book|author=Sachidananda Mohanty|title=Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898–1950: A Lost Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAicQsB1jkgC&pg=PA45|year=2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3308-3|pages=45–}}</ref> | ||
==Life== | |||
Sailabala Das, eldest child of Ambica Charan Hazra and Prosannamayee, was born on 25 March 1875 at the [[Bhowanipore]] (Calcutta) house of [[Madhusudan Das]]. She had five siblings.{{citation needed|date= August 2022}} Following her mother's death, she was adopted by Madhusudan Das.{{citation needed|date= August 2022}} | |||
In | In 1903, she formed the Utkal Young Men's Association and managed the Utkal Young Women's Association.{{citation needed|date= August 2022}} She was instrumental in creation of the first women's college in Odisha, the main building of which was gifted by her.{{citation needed|date= August 2022}} She started a Hindu widows' training school to train widows to become high school teachers. On the political front, she started several branches of All-India Women's Conference. She established Orissa Nari Seba Sangha in 1941 for social welfare of women. Indian National Council for Women held its biennial conference in Cuttack, under her leadership.{{citation needed|date= August 2022}} | ||
Shailabala Women's College, Cuttack is named after her.<ref>{{cite web|title=SB women's college Centenary Celebration begins in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari|url=http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event|publisher=Discover Odisha|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> | She extended her reach to Bihar, where she became the first woman inspector of prison cells in Patna, first woman to join the management committee of the [[Patna Medical College and Hospital|Prince of Wales Medical College]] and a Syndicate member of Patna University. Sailabala became the first woman Honorary Magistrate of India, adjudicating over 600 cases a year.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pattanayak|first1=Saswat|title=Sailabala Das: The Dissent|date=14 March 2012 |url=http://kindlemag.in/sailabala-das-the-dissent/|publisher=Ink Publications|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
In recognition of her contribution to education, Sir [[Edward Albert Gait]], the last [[List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa|Lieutenant Governor of Orissa and Bihar]], wanted to confer the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal|Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal]] to her but she declined it.<ref name="Mohanty2006">{{cite book|author=Sachidananda Mohanty|title=Literature and Social Reform in Colonial Orissa: The Legacy of Sailabala Das (1875–1968)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAsTQCTCoZMC&pg=PR9|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-2298-4|pages=9–}}</ref> | |||
Shailabala Women's College, Cuttack is named after her.<ref>{{cite web|title=SB women's college Centenary Celebration begins in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari|url=http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event|publisher=Discover Odisha|access-date=25 October 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090025/http://discoverodisha.in/news/10/Event|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
==Literary works== | ==Literary works== | ||
* A look After and Before – autobiography (1956)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Karlekar|first1=Malavika|title=WONDER AND MELANCHOLY – Railway tales and travails from colonial India|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref> | * A look After and Before – autobiography (1956)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Karlekar|first1=Malavika|title=WONDER AND MELANCHOLY – Railway tales and travails from colonial India|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150423131141/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100104/jsp/opinion/story_11935106.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2015|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=26 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
* Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father (2008)<ref name="Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father">{{cite book | title=Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father | publisher=Bona | author=Shailabala Das | year=2008 | pages=192 | isbn=978-8187493280}}</ref> | * Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father (2008)<ref name="Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father">{{cite book | title=Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father | publisher=Bona | author=Shailabala Das | year=2008 | pages=192 | isbn=978-8187493280}}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]] | ||
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[[Category:Social workers from Odisha]] | [[Category:Social workers from Odisha]] | ||
[[Category:19th-century women educators]] | [[Category:19th-century Indian women educators]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century women educators]] | [[Category:19th-century Indian educators]] | ||
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[[Category:Women members of the Rajya Sabha]] | [[Category:Women members of the Rajya Sabha]] | ||
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Sailabala Das | |
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| Member: Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 03 April 1952 – 02 April 1954 | |
| Constituency | Odisha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shoila Bala Hazra 25 March 1875[1] Chakraberia Road, Bhowanipore, Calcutta |
| Died | 29 April 1968 (aged 93) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | Bethune College, Maria Grey Training College[2] |
| Profession | Educationist, Social Worker, Politician |
Sailabala Das (25 March 1875 – 29 April 1968) was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.[3]
Life[edit | edit source]
Sailabala Das, eldest child of Ambica Charan Hazra and Prosannamayee, was born on 25 March 1875 at the Bhowanipore (Calcutta) house of Madhusudan Das. She had five siblings.[citation needed] Following her mother's death, she was adopted by Madhusudan Das.[citation needed]
In 1903, she formed the Utkal Young Men's Association and managed the Utkal Young Women's Association.[citation needed] She was instrumental in creation of the first women's college in Odisha, the main building of which was gifted by her.[citation needed] She started a Hindu widows' training school to train widows to become high school teachers. On the political front, she started several branches of All-India Women's Conference. She established Orissa Nari Seba Sangha in 1941 for social welfare of women. Indian National Council for Women held its biennial conference in Cuttack, under her leadership.[citation needed]
She extended her reach to Bihar, where she became the first woman inspector of prison cells in Patna, first woman to join the management committee of the Prince of Wales Medical College and a Syndicate member of Patna University. Sailabala became the first woman Honorary Magistrate of India, adjudicating over 600 cases a year.[4]
In recognition of her contribution to education, Sir Edward Albert Gait, the last Lieutenant Governor of Orissa and Bihar, wanted to confer the Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal to her but she declined it.[5]
Shailabala Women's College, Cuttack is named after her.[6]
Literary works[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Centre, National Informatics. "Digital Sansad". Digital Sansad. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ Karlekar, Malavika. "A VOYAGE OUT – How Sailabala Das discovers that the Red Sea is not red". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Sachidananda Mohanty (2005). Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898–1950: A Lost Tradition. SAGE Publications. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3308-3.
- ↑ Pattanayak, Saswat (14 March 2012). "Sailabala Das: The Dissent". Ink Publications. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ Sachidananda Mohanty (1 January 2006). Literature and Social Reform in Colonial Orissa: The Legacy of Sailabala Das (1875–1968). Sahitya Akademi. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-81-260-2298-4.
- ↑ "SB women's college Centenary Celebration begins in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari". Discover Odisha. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ Karlekar, Malavika. "WONDER AND MELANCHOLY – Railway tales and travails from colonial India". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Shailabala Das (2008). Tribute of a Daughter to Her Father. Bona. p. 192. ISBN 978-8187493280.