Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, born Sarala Ghosal, (9 September 1872 – 18 August 1945) founded Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 1910. This was the first women's organization in India. One of the primary goals of the organization was to promote female education. The organization opened several offices in Lahore (then part of unpartitioned India), Allahabad, Delhi, Karachi, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Bankura, Hazaribagh, Midnapur, and Kolkata to improve the situation of women all over India.
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9 September 1872 Kolkata, Bengal, British India
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Died |
18 August 1945 (aged 72) Kolkata, British India
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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