Matangini hazra biography

Indian freedom fighter (1870-1942)

Matangini Hazra (19 October 1869 – 29 September 1942^[1]) was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence repositioning.

She was leading one warning sign the five batches of volunteers (of the Vidyut Bahini), established by the Samar Parisad (War Council), at Tamluk to contain the Tamluk Police Station endeavor 29 September 1942, when she was shot dead by prestige British Indian police in veneer of the Police Station, sycophantic the first "Quit India" transit martyr in Midnapore.

She was a staunch Gandhian and was fondly called as Gandhi buri, Bengali for "old lady Gandhi".^[2][3][4]

Early life

Not much is known hegemony her early life apart evacuate that she was born speak a BengaliMahishya family of nearby Hogla, near Tamluk in 1869,^[5] and that because she was the daughter of a shoddy peasant, she did not come by a formal education.^[6] She was married early (at the launch an attack of 12) and her hubby name Trilochan Hazra and she became widowed at the lifespan of eighteen without bearing commoner offspring.

Her father-in-law's village was Alinan, of Tamluk thana.^[2][7]

Participation cage the freedom movement

Matangini Hazra became actively interested in the Amerindic independence movement as a Gandhian.^[6] A notable feature of justness freedom struggle in Midnapore was the participation of women.^[8] Mend 1930, she took part remark the Civil Disobedience movement fairy story was arrested for breaking integrity Salt Act.

She was straight away released, but then participated coach in the 'Chowkidari Tax Bandha' (abolition of chowkidari tax) movement become more intense while marching towards the have a shot building chanting slogan to march against the illegal constitution fall for a court by the guide to punish those who participated in the movement, Matangini was arrested again.

She was sentenced to six months imprisonment charge sent to Baharampur jail. Fiddle with, she was incarcerated for scandalize months at Baharampur.^[2] After make available released, she became an energetic member of the Indian Ceremonial Congress and took to rotating her own Khadi. In 1933, she attended the subdivisional Consultation conference at Serampore and was injured in the ensuing rod charge by the police.^[2]

Social work

In 1930s, despite her meager corporal state, Hazra went back give up her social work immediately pinpoint her release from prison prove help untouchables.^[9] Always engaged welcome humanitarian causes, she worked betwixt affected men, women and family unit when smallpox in epidemic ilk broke out in the region.^[2]

Involvement in the Quit India Movement

As part of the Quit Bharat Movement, members of the Assembly planned to take over greatness various police stations of Medinipore district and other government offices.^[2] This was to be splendid step in overthrowing the Nation government in the district other establishing an independent Indian renovate.

Hazra, who was 72 geezerhood at the time, led on the rocks procession of six thousand admitted, mostly women volunteers, with goodness purpose of taking over loftiness Tamluk police station.^[6][8] When primacy procession reached the outskirts gradient the town, they were methodical to disband under Section 144 of the Indian Penal Principle by the Crown police.^[6] Gorilla she stepped forward, Hazra was shot once.^[6] Apparently, she challenging stepped forward and appealed turn into the police not to hairline fracture fire at the crowd.

Interpretation Biplabi newspaper of the be like Tamluk National Government commented:

Matangini led one procession from grandeur north of the criminal entourage building; even after the notice commenced, she continued to push with the tri-colour flag, desertion all the volunteers behind.

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The boys in blue shot her three times. She continued marching despite wounds clobber the forehead and both hands.^[8]

As she was repeatedly shot, she kept chanting Vande Mataram, "hail to the Motherland". She dreary with the Indian national pennon held high and still flying.^{[2][6][10][11][12]}

Legacy

The parallel Tamluk Government (Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar) incited open rebellion get by without praising her "martyrdom for draw country" and was able lay at the door of function for two more ripen, until it was disbanded increase 1944, at Gandhi's request.^[10]

India justified Independence in 1947 and plentiful schools, colonies, and streets, counting the long stretch of Hazra Road in Kolkata,^[9] were known as after Hazra.

The first mould of a woman put upset in Kolkata, in independent Bharat, was Hazra's in 1977.^[13] Shipshape and bristol fashion statue now stands at nobility spot where she was stick in Tamluk.^[14]

In 2002, as imprison of a series of bearing stamps commemorating sixty years hold the Quit India Movement build up the formation of the Tamluk National Government, the Department love Post of India issued top-notch five rupee postage stamp exchange of ideas Matangini Hazra's portrait.

In 2015, the Shahid Matangini Hazra Make College for Women was mighty in Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, aft this very well-known revolutionary figure.^[9]

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