Q. Pritilata Waddedar, Kalpana Dutt, Santi Ghosh and Suniti Chandheri are associated with which of the following?

[A] Women members of Communist party.

[B] Members of Women league of Indian National Congress.

[C] Revolutionary terrorists.

[D] Members of Women wing of Executive Council of Governor of Calcutta.

Answer: C
Notes:

There was a large-scale participation of young women especially under Surya Sen. These women provided shelter, carried messages and fought with guns in hand.  

  • Prominent women revolutionaries in Bengal during this phase included Pritilata Waddedar, who died conducting a raid;  
  • Kalpana Dutt who was arrested and tried along with Surya Sen and given a life sentence;  
  • Santi Ghosh and Suniti Chandheri, school girls of Comilla, who shot dead the district magistrate. (December 1931);  
  • and Bina Das who fired point blank at the governor while receiving her degree at the convocation (February 1932). 

Source: Spectrum Modern India. 

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