Narmada Kar

Narmada Kar
Narmada Kar
Born	12 October 1893; Cuttack, Odisha, British India
Died	13 September 1980 (aged 86); Kolkata, India
Other names	Narmada Kar
Known for	First female graduate of Odisha
Spouse(s)	Jitendra Kumar Biswas

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Narmada Kar (1893–1980), was an editor, author and the first woman from Odisha to pass the B.A. examination.^[1]

Early life[edit]

Kar was born on 12 October 1893 to Biswanath Kar, freedom fighter, social activist and founder of Utkal Sahitya at Cuttack, India. After passing her entrance examination from Calcutta University she joined the historical Bethun College, completed her graduation on 1914 and became the first women graduate of Odisha.^[2] At the age of 16 she married Jitendra Biswas, a Bengali lawyer. She stayed at Calcutta for the education of their children.

Death[edit]

On 13 September 1980 Kar died in her house at Calcutta, India.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sachidananda Mohanty (2005). Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898-1950: A Lost Tradition. SAGE Publications. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3308-3.
↑ Malashri Lal; Shormishtha Panja; Sumanyu Satpathy (1 January 2004). Signifying the Self: Women and Literature. Macmillan India. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-4039-2405-6.

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[Mohanty2005-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sachidananda Mohanty (2005). Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898-1950: A Lost Tradition. SAGE Publications. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3308-3.

[LalPanja2004-2] Malashri Lal; Shormishtha Panja; Sumanyu Satpathy (1 January 2004). Signifying the Self: Women and Literature. Macmillan India. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-4039-2405-6.

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