Leela Roy
| Leela Naag | |
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| Born |
2 October 1900 Goyalpara, Sylhet, Assam, British India |
| Died | 11 June 1970 (aged 69) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Leelaboti Roy |
| Organization | Deepali Sangha, Indian National Congress, Forward Bloc |
| Movement | Indian Independence Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Anil Chandra Roy |
Leela Roy née Nag (Bengali: লীলা রায়) (2 October 1900 – 11 June 1970), was a radical leftist Indian politician and reformer, and a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
She was born into an upper middle class [Bengali Hindu] [Kayastha] family in Sylhet in Bengal (now in Bangladesh and educated at the [Bethune College] in Calcutta, graduating with a gold medal in English. She fought with university authorities and became the first woman to be admitted to the University of Dhaka and earned her M.A. degree. Co-education was not permitted in Dhaka University. The then Vice Chancellor Philip Hartog gave a special permission for her admission.
She threw herself into social work and education for girls, starting the second girls school in Dhaka. She encouraged girls learning skills and receiving vocational training and emphasized the need for girls to learn martial arts to defend themselves. Over the years, she set up a number of schools and institutes for women.
She contacted Netaji Subhash Bose when he was leading the relief action after the 1921 Bengal floods, Smt. Leela Nag, then a student of the Dhaka University, was instrumental in forming the Dhaka Women's Committee and, in that capacity, raised donations and relief goods to help Netaji.
In 1931, she began publishing Jayasree, the first magazine edited, managed, and wholly contributed by women writers. It received the blessings of many eminent personalities including Rabindranath Tagore, who suggested its name.
Leela Nag formed a rebellion organization in 1926 called Deepali Sangha in Dhaka where combat training were given. Pritilata Waddedar took courses from there. She took part in the Civil Disobedience Movement and was imprisoned for six years. In 1938, she was nominated by Congress President, Subhas Chandra Bose to the National Planning Committee of the Congress. In 1939 she married Anilchandra Roy. On Bose's resignation from the Congress, the couple joined him in the Forward Bloc.
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