Kamini Roy
| Kamini Roy | |
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| Born |
12 October 1864 |
| Died |
27 September 1933 |
| Alma mater |
Bethune College University of Calcutta |
| Occupation | Poet, scholar |
| Spouse(s) | Kedarnath Roy |
12 October 1864
Basanda, Bengal Presidency, British India
27 September 1933
Hazaribagh, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India
Kamini Roy (Bengali: কামিনী রায়) (12 October 1864 – 27 September 1933) was a leading Bengali poet, social worker and feminist in British India . She was the first woman honours graduate in British India.
Born on 12 October 1864 in the village of Basanda, then in Bakergunj district of Bengal Presidency and now in Barisal District of Bangladesh, she joined Bethune School in 1883. One of the first girls to attend school in British India, she earned a bachelor of arts degree with Sanskrit honours from Bethune College of the University of Calcutta in 1886 and started teaching there in the same year. Kadambini Ganguly, one of the first two women honors graduates ever in the country, was three years senior to her in the same institution.
Kamini hailed from an elite Bengali family. Her father, Chandi Charan Sen, a judge and a writer, was a leading member of the Brahmo Samaj. She learnt from his collection of books and used his library extensively. She was a mathematical prodigy but later her interest switched to Sanskrit.Nisith Chandra Sen, her brother, was a renowned barrister in the Calcutta High Court, and later the Mayor of Calcutta while sister Jamini was the house physician of the then Nepal Royal family. In 1894 she married Kedarnath Roy.
Bethune School and College will take just pride in Kamini Roy (1864-1933), the first woman lyricist who began composing from 1880 and published her Alo Chhaya in 1889 which created a stir in the literary world as much by its rare sensibilities as by the profundity of woman’s self-realisation. Kamini Roy worked with her pen for nearly fifty years and witnessed the emergence of a new generation of womanhood enriching the social, artistic and literary life of Bengal through their original creations.
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