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She was born in [[Bandel]], Hooghly in [[Bengal]] to [[Brajendranath De]] and Nagendranandini De. Home-schooled by her parents, she married [[Gurusaday Dutt]] in 1905.<ref name="womeninmodernindia"></ref> Her son, Birendrasaday Dutt, was born in 1909.<ref name="awomanofindia">Gurusaday Dutt, 'A Woman of India: Being the Life of Saroj Nalini (Founder of Women's Institute Movement in India' (with a foreword by Rabindranath Tagore), (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1941)</ref><ref "সরোজনলিনী">রাজীব কুন্ডু, 'সরোজ নলিনী: সংখিপ্ত জীবনি', (অবভাস, কলকাতা, ২০১৪) (Rajib Kundu, Saroj Nalini: Shankhipta Jibani, Ababhash, Kolkata, 2014)</ref> | She was born in [[Bandel]], Hooghly in [[Bengal]] to [[Brajendranath De]] and Nagendranandini De. Home-schooled by her parents, she married [[Gurusaday Dutt]] in 1905.<ref name="womeninmodernindia"></ref> Her son, Birendrasaday Dutt, was born in 1909.<ref name="awomanofindia">Gurusaday Dutt, 'A Woman of India: Being the Life of Saroj Nalini (Founder of Women's Institute Movement in India' (with a foreword by Rabindranath Tagore), (Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1941)</ref><ref "সরোজনলিনী">রাজীব কুন্ডু, 'সরোজ নলিনী: সংখিপ্ত জীবনি', (অবভাস, কলকাতা, ২০১৪) (Rajib Kundu, Saroj Nalini: Shankhipta Jibani, Ababhash, Kolkata, 2014)</ref> | ||
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She was a social reformer and a pioneer of the movement for the uplifting of women in Bengal.<ref name="sarojnalinidutta">'সরোজনলিনী দত্ত', in সুবোধ চন্দ্র সেনগুপ্ত এবং অঞ্জলি বসু, 'সংসদ বাঙালি চরিত্রবিধান', ১, (কলকাতা, শিশু সাহিত্য সংসদ, ২০০২), পৃ: ৫৬৫, ISBN=৮১-৮৫৬২৬-৬৫-০, ('Saroj Nalini Dutta' in Subodhchandra Sengupta and Anjali Basu, 'Samsad Bangali Charitrabidhan', Vol. 1, (Kolkata, Shishu Sahitya Samsad, 2002), p. 565, (Bibliographical Dictionary) ISBN=81-85626-65-0</ref> She pioneered the formation of Mahila Samitis ( | She was a social reformer and a pioneer of the movement for the uplifting of women in Bengal.<ref name="sarojnalinidutta">'সরোজনলিনী দত্ত', in সুবোধ চন্দ্র সেনগুপ্ত এবং অঞ্জলি বসু, 'সংসদ বাঙালি চরিত্রবিধান', ১, (কলকাতা, শিশু সাহিত্য সংসদ, ২০০২), পৃ: ৫৬৫, ISBN=৮১-৮৫৬২৬-৬৫-০, ('Saroj Nalini Dutta' in Subodhchandra Sengupta and Anjali Basu, 'Samsad Bangali Charitrabidhan', Vol. 1, (Kolkata, Shishu Sahitya Samsad, 2002), p. 565, (Bibliographical Dictionary) ISBN=81-85626-65-0</ref> She pioneered the formation of Mahila Samitis (মহিলা সমিতি) (Women's Institute) in Bengal. She started the first Mahila Samiti in 1913 in Pabna (পাবনা) district with the object of developing friendly cooperation there among the ''purdahnashin'' ladies. Subsequently, she started Mahila Samitis in Birbhum (বীরভূম) (1916), Sultanpur (সুলতানপুর) (1917), and Rampurhat (রামপুরহাট) (1918) districts respectively.<ref name="women'sassociation">[https://ir.nbu.ac.in 'Women's Association of Bengal and it's Interaction with Other Sister Associations of India, Institutional Repository, North Bengal University, p. 245]</ref> | ||
She was the secretary of the Indian Section of the Calcutta League of Women’s Workers (later Bengal Presidency Council of Women), member of the Council of the Nari Siksha | She was the secretary of the Indian Section of the Calcutta League of Women’s Workers (later Bengal Presidency Council of Women), member of the Council of the Nari Siksha Samity (নারী শিক্ষা সমিতি)(Women’s Educational League), and Member of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation’s committee which was to make suitable arrangements for allowing women to elect councillors. She was also the vice president of the Sylhet Union, an association set up for the promotion of female education in Sylhet district.<ref name="socialthoughtsofrabindranathtagore"> Tapati Das Gupta, 'Social Thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore: A Historical Analysis', (Calcutta, 1993)</ref> | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||