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'''Sarala Devi''' ( | }} | ||
'''Sarala Devi''' (9 August 1904 – 4 October 1986) was an Indian independence activist, feminist, social activist, politician and writer. She was the first Odia woman to join the [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–22)|Non-cooperation movement]] in 1921 and the first Odia woman delegate of the [[Indian National Congress]]. She became the first woman to be elected to the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] on 1 April 1936.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shinwari |first=Nazo |date=2017-11-06 |title=Sarala Devi Chaudhurani: Founder Of India's First Women's Organisation {{!}} #IndianWomenInHistory |url=https://feminisminindia.com/2017/11/07/sarala-devi-chaudhurani/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Feminism in India |language=en-GB}}</ref> | |||
She was also the first female Speaker of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] But only for one day and in the absence of that time speaker [[Mukunda Prasad Das (politician)|Mukunda Prasad Das]] and there are no official records present in the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]], the first woman Director of Cuttack Co-operative Bank, and the first female Senate member of [[Utkal University]]. She was the only representative from Odisha on President Dr S. Radhakrishnan's Education Commission.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahotsav |first=Amrit |title=Sarala Devi |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/unsung-heroes-detail.htm?6872 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India |language=English}}</ref> | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Sarala Devi was born on | [[File:Sarala_Devi 1938.jpg|thumb|left|c. 1938]] | ||
Sarala Devi was born on 9 August 1904 in Narilo village, near Balikuda, in what was then the [[Orissa Division]] of the [[Bengal Presidency]] (now in [[Jagatsinghpur district]], [[Odisha]]) to a very wealthy, aristocratic [[Karan (caste)|Zamindar Karan]] family.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ffOADwAAQBAJ&dq=sarala+devi+karana&pg=PA165 |title=Orissa Society of Americas 30th Annual Convention Souvenir: For Annual Convention Held in 1999 at Toronto, Canada |publisher=Odisha Society of the Americas |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=keMrAQAAIAAJ&q=karana |title=The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies |date=1993 |publisher=Institute of Historical Studies. |language=en}}</ref> Her father was [[Dewan]] Basudev Kanungo, and her mother was Padmavati Devi. She was adopted and raised by her father's elder brother, Balamukunda Kanungo, a Deputy [[District collector|Collector]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web|title=Sarala Devi: A centenary tribute|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2004/11/07/stories/2004110700400600.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150826142500/http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2004/11/07/stories/2004110700400600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 August 2015|date = 7 November 2004|website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Manushi1">{{cite web|last1=Mohanty|first1=Sachidananda|title=Sarala Devi: The Biplababi of Orissa|url=http://www.manushi-india.org/pdfs_issues/PDF%20file%20109/3.%20Sarala%20Devi.pdf|website=Manushi|access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Manushi2">{{cite web|last1=Mohanty|first1=Sachidananda|title=Sarala Devi: The Biplababi of Orissa|url=http://www.manushi.in/docs/683.%20Sarala%20Devi.pdf|website=Manushi|access-date=18 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220151743/http://www.manushi.in/docs/683.%20Sarala%20Devi.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="OdishaGovt">{{cite web|last1=Jena|first1=Bijaya Lakhmi|title=Sarala Devi, An Inspiration for Women|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2014/Jan/engpdf/77-80.pdf|website=Government of Odisha|access-date=18 December 2016|date=January 2014}}</ref><ref name="National Movement">{{cite web|last1=Prabhukalyan|first1=Mohapatra|title=Oriya Women in National Movement|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2008/jan-2008/engpdf/10-12.pdf|website=Government of Odisha|access-date=18 December 2016|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref name="Freedom Fighter">{{cite web|last1=Dhyanimudra|first1=Kanungo|title=Sarala Devi as a Freedom Fighter|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2014/August/engpdf/43-45.pdf|website=Government of Odisha|access-date=18 December 2016|date=August 2014}}</ref> | |||
Sarala received her primary education in [[Banki, Odisha|Banki]], where her uncle was posted. Women had no access to higher education, at the time, so her uncle hired the services of a home tutor. Sarala learned Bengali, Sanskrit, Odia and basic English from her tutor. She lived with her uncle until the age of 13. | |||
==Public life== | ==Public life== | ||
While in Banki, Sarala was inspired by stories of Suka Devi, the queen of Banki, to join the independence movement. She donated a sizeable part of her large collection of jewellery and vast tracts of real estate to the fight for India's independence. She married well-known lawyer Bhagirathi Mohapatra in 1917, and the latter joined the Indian National Congress in 1918. Sarala herself joined the Congress in 1921, following [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s first visit to Orissa. She was the first woman Member of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] as well as its first woman Speaker. She was very close to [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Durgabai Deshmukh]], [[Acharya Kripalani]], [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]] and [[Sarojini Naidu]].<ref name="Salt Satyagraha">{{cite web|last1=Giri|first1=Pradeep Kumar|title=The Role of Odia Women in Salt Satyagraha : Sarala Devi|url=http://www.orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2016/August/engpdf/85-89.pdf|website=Government of Orissa|date=August 2016|access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref> | While in Banki, Sarala was inspired by stories of Suka Devi, the queen of Banki, to join the independence movement. She donated a sizeable part of her large collection of jewellery and vast tracts of real estate to the fight for India's independence. She married well-known lawyer Bhagirathi Mohapatra in 1917, and the latter joined the Indian National Congress in 1918. Sarala herself joined the Congress in 1921, following [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s first visit to Orissa. She was the first woman Member of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] as well as its first woman Speaker for one day. | ||
She was very close to [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Durgabai Deshmukh]], [[Acharya Kripalani]], [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]] and [[Sarojini Naidu]].<ref name="Salt Satyagraha">{{cite web|last1=Giri|first1=Pradeep Kumar|title=The Role of Odia Women in Salt Satyagraha : Sarala Devi|url=http://www.orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2016/August/engpdf/85-89.pdf|website=Government of Orissa|date=August 2016|access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref> | |||
She was the Secretary of Utkal Sahitya Samaj at [[Cuttack]] from 1943 to 1946.<ref name="Reformer">{{cite web|last1=Ratha|first1=Prabodha Kumar|title=Sarala Devi : the Socio-Political Reformer of Odisha|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2013/aug-sept/engpdf/24-26.pdf|website=Government of Odisha|access-date=18 December 2016|date=August 2013}}</ref> | She was the Secretary of Utkal Sahitya Samaj at [[Cuttack]] from 1943 to 1946.<ref name="Reformer">{{cite web|last1=Ratha|first1=Prabodha Kumar|title=Sarala Devi : the Socio-Political Reformer of Odisha|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2013/aug-sept/engpdf/24-26.pdf|website=Government of Odisha|access-date=18 December 2016|date=August 2013}}</ref> | ||
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* Beera Ramani, 1949 | * Beera Ramani, 1949 | ||
* {{cite book | last=Debi | first=Sarala | title=Raya Ramananda | publisher=Odisa Sahitya Ekademi | year=1963 | oclc=19014670 | language=Or}} | * {{cite book | last=Debi | first=Sarala | title=Raya Ramananda | publisher=Odisa Sahitya Ekademi | year=1963 | oclc=19014670 | language=Or}} | ||
* {{cite book | author=Sarala Debi | last2=Mohanty | first2=Sachidananda | last3=Forbes | first3=Geraldine | title=The Lost World of Sarala Devi : Selected Works | year=2016 | isbn=978-0-19-946667-2 | oclc=992496394 }} Translated from Oriya. | * {{cite book | author=Sarala Debi | last2=Mohanty | first2=Sachidananda | last3=Forbes | first3=Geraldine | title=The Lost World of Sarala Devi : Selected Works | year=2016 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-946667-2 | oclc=992496394 }} Translated from Oriya. | ||
* {{cite book | author=Sarala Debi | title=Nari Jagata | year=1935 | oclc=1046977239 | language=or}} | * {{cite book | author=Sarala Debi | title=Nari Jagata | year=1935 | oclc=1046977239 | language=or}} | ||
* {{cite book | author=Sarala Debi | last2=Rauta | first2=Bholanatha | last3=Acaryya | first3=Mahendra Kumara | title=Saraladebi Racanabali | year=2017 | oclc=1105736602 | language=or}} | * {{cite book | author=Sarala Debi | last2=Rauta | first2=Bholanatha | last3=Acaryya | first3=Mahendra Kumara | title=Saraladebi Racanabali | year=2017 | oclc=1105736602 | language=or}} | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* [ | * [https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/how-gandhiji-influenced-my-life/article3232635.ece Sarala Devi's eye-witness account of Mahatma Gandhi in Orissa] | ||
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[[Category:1904 births]] | [[Category:1904 births]] | ||
[[Category:1986 deaths]] | [[Category:1986 deaths]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Orissa MLAs 1937–1945]] | ||
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha]] | [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha]] | ||
[[Category:Women in Odisha politics]] | [[Category:Women in Odisha politics]] | ||
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ସରଳା ଦେବୀ | |
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| Born | 9 August 1904 |
| Died | 4 October 1986 (aged 82) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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| Children | Amitav Mohapatra |
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Sarala Devi (9 August 1904 – 4 October 1986) was an Indian independence activist, feminist, social activist, politician and writer. She was the first Odia woman to join the Non-cooperation movement in 1921 and the first Odia woman delegate of the Indian National Congress. She became the first woman to be elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly on 1 April 1936.[1]
She was also the first female Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly But only for one day and in the absence of that time speaker Mukunda Prasad Das and there are no official records present in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the first woman Director of Cuttack Co-operative Bank, and the first female Senate member of Utkal University. She was the only representative from Odisha on President Dr S. Radhakrishnan's Education Commission.[2]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Sarala Devi was born on 9 August 1904 in Narilo village, near Balikuda, in what was then the Orissa Division of the Bengal Presidency (now in Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha) to a very wealthy, aristocratic Zamindar Karan family.[3][4] Her father was Dewan Basudev Kanungo, and her mother was Padmavati Devi. She was adopted and raised by her father's elder brother, Balamukunda Kanungo, a Deputy Collector.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Sarala received her primary education in Banki, where her uncle was posted. Women had no access to higher education, at the time, so her uncle hired the services of a home tutor. Sarala learned Bengali, Sanskrit, Odia and basic English from her tutor. She lived with her uncle until the age of 13.
Public life[edit | edit source]
While in Banki, Sarala was inspired by stories of Suka Devi, the queen of Banki, to join the independence movement. She donated a sizeable part of her large collection of jewellery and vast tracts of real estate to the fight for India's independence. She married well-known lawyer Bhagirathi Mohapatra in 1917, and the latter joined the Indian National Congress in 1918. Sarala herself joined the Congress in 1921, following Mahatma Gandhi's first visit to Orissa. She was the first woman Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly as well as its first woman Speaker for one day.
She was very close to Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Durgabai Deshmukh, Acharya Kripalani, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and Sarojini Naidu.[11] She was the Secretary of Utkal Sahitya Samaj at Cuttack from 1943 to 1946.[12]
Literary works[edit | edit source]
Sarala wrote 30 books and 300 essays.[13][14]
- Bishwa Biplabani, 1930
- Utkalaa Nari Samasya, 1934
- Narira Dabi, 1934
- Bharatiya Mahila Prasanga, 1935
- Rabindra Puja, 1935
- Beera Ramani, 1949
- Debi, Sarala (1963). Raya Ramananda (in ଓଡ଼ିଆ). Odisa Sahitya Ekademi. OCLC 19014670.
- Sarala Debi; Mohanty, Sachidananda; Forbes, Geraldine (2016). The Lost World of Sarala Devi : Selected Works. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-946667-2. OCLC 992496394. Translated from Oriya.
- Sarala Debi (1935). Nari Jagata (in ଓଡ଼ିଆ). OCLC 1046977239.
- Sarala Debi; Rauta, Bholanatha; Acaryya, Mahendra Kumara (2017). Saraladebi Racanabali (in ଓଡ଼ିଆ). OCLC 1105736602.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Shinwari, Nazo (6 November 2017). "Sarala Devi Chaudhurani: Founder Of India's First Women's Organisation | #IndianWomenInHistory". Feminism in India. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ↑ Mahotsav, Amrit. "Sarala Devi". Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ↑ Orissa Society of Americas 30th Annual Convention Souvenir: For Annual Convention Held in 1999 at Toronto, Canada. Odisha Society of the Americas.
- ↑ The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies. Institute of Historical Studies. 1993.
- ↑ "Sarala Devi: A centenary tribute". The Hindu. 7 November 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Mohanty, Sachidananda. "Sarala Devi: The Biplababi of Orissa" (PDF). Manushi. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Mohanty, Sachidananda. "Sarala Devi: The Biplababi of Orissa" (PDF). Manushi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Jena, Bijaya Lakhmi (January 2014). "Sarala Devi, An Inspiration for Women" (PDF). Government of Odisha. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Prabhukalyan, Mohapatra (January 2008). "Oriya Women in National Movement" (PDF). Government of Odisha. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Dhyanimudra, Kanungo (August 2014). "Sarala Devi as a Freedom Fighter" (PDF). Government of Odisha. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Giri, Pradeep Kumar (August 2016). "The Role of Odia Women in Salt Satyagraha : Sarala Devi" (PDF). Government of Orissa. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Ratha, Prabodha Kumar (August 2013). "Sarala Devi : the Socio-Political Reformer of Odisha" (PDF). Government of Odisha. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Dasgupta, Sanjukta (30 October 2016). "More than just 'presiding deities in their kitchen'". The Statesman. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ↑ Mohanty, Sachidananda (7 December 2004). Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898-1950: A Lost Tradition. SAGE Publications India. p. 151. ISBN 9788132101956. Retrieved 18 December 2016.