Must Read: “The untold stories of Bengali women revolutionaries who got us freedom”- The Indian Express

Some facts from the article:

Pritilata Waddedar led a daring armed assault on the European Club in Chittagong in 1932, a site known for racial segregation. Refusing capture after the assault, Pritilata consumed cyanide and died as a martyr.
Kalpana Datta took part in the Chittagong armoury raid and later documented women’s crucial roles as equal tacticians and partners in the revolution.
Bina Das attempted to assassinate the Governor of Bengal, Stanley Jackson, during a university convocation in 1932.
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain wrote the novella Sultana’s Dream, envisioning a society led by women and free from patriarchy and colonialism.
Kamala Das Gupta managed a women’s hostel in Kolkata and secretly acted as a courier, hiding fugitives and coordinating revolutionary logistics.
Nanibala Devi, a widowed Brahmin woman, posed in various disguises to assist revolutionaries, was arrested and tortured, but chose silence over betrayal.
Labanya Prabha Ghosh organized local reading groups, wrote for nationalist publications, and hosted underground meetings in rural Bengal.
Matangini Hazra, an illiterate widow known as Gandhi Buri, led a procession during the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was shot while holding the tricolour, chanting “Vande Mataram.”