Top-20 Indian female Freedom Fighter
History has witnessed many women with exceptional bravery and intelligence who walked shoulder to shoulder with men of their times.
Let us remember women of the freedom fighter era who fought
bravery for their country and contributed towards the achievement of
independence of the country India. They are still a source of inspiration to
not only women but to all.
Though there are many, here is a list of only 20 of them who were
exceptionally great and their absence would have definitely made this task more
difficult than it was.
Top-20 Indian female Freedom
Fighter Name
1.
Rani Lakhsmi Bai (19,Nov 1828 to 18, June 1858)
She was the Queen of
Maratha ruled state of Jhansi. She was the first prominent women freedom
fighter, who participated in the first freedom rebellion of 1857.
2.
Begum Hazrat Mahal ( 1820 to 7 April, 1879)
She was another queen of a princely
state who rebelled against the British East India Company.She was also known as
the Begum of Awadh. She also played a major role during the rebellion of 1857.
3.
Usha Mehta (25 March, 1920 to 11 August, 2000)
A very great contribution to her credit is the origination
of Congress Radio Also Known as Secret Congress Radio, which was an underground
radio station which was active for few months during the Quit India Movement of
1983. Due to this clandestine activity,
she was imprisoned in yeravda jail of Pune. She was also a follower of Mahatma
Gandhi and a freedom fighter.
4.
Sucheta Kripalini (25th June 1908 to 1 December, 1974)
She was a freedom fighter and worked
closely with Mahatma Gandhi during Partition riots in India. She also played a
major role in politics by joining Indian National Congress. During the
formation of the constitution of India. She was elected as a member of the
drafting committee of constituent assembly. Another feather in her cap is
attached when she sang “Vande Mataram” in the Constituent Assembly. She was
also elected as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state after independence.
5.
Sarojini Naidu (13 February 1879 to 2 March, 1949)
Popularly known as “the nightingle of
India” Sarojini Naidu contributed towards freedom struggle by joining politics
during the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She traveled to various places
in India and delivered lectures on social Welfare, making women aware towards
freedom struggle and invoking them to participate, and arousing the feeling of nationalism
through her lectures.
She was the second woman to become
the president of Indian National Congress.
6.
Durga bai Deshmukh (15 July 1909 to 9 April 1981)
She was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi
and thus; played an active role in Gandhi Satyagraha movement and played a role
of Indian struggler, a lawyer, a social activist and a politician. She was a
lok sabha member as well as her planning Commission of India. While being a
member of Planning Commission she launched a Central Social Welfare Board
through which she improved the condition of education, women, children,
handicap and rehabilitation of needy persons.
7.
Annie Besant ( 1st October 1857 to 20th September 1933)
Though she was British Socialist she
was a supporter of Indian Self-rule.In 1890 She joined Theosophical Society as
a member and later became president thus; she visited India where she helped in
the establishment of Central Hindu Collage, and Sind National Collegiate Board
in Mumbai in 1902. In 1914 when the world was witnessing World War I , She
started all India Home Rule League along with Lokmanya Tilak.
8.
Madam Bhikaji Cama ( 24th September 1861 to 13th August 1936)
She belonged to parsi community and
was a philanthropist and an active social worker. During the epidemic of bubonic
plague that hit Mumbai in 1896, she herself got infected with the disease while
providing aid to the other thus; she was sent to britain for her treatment. Throughout
her life, she struggled for Indian Independence from abroad as she was told by
her acquaintances not to take part in freedom struggle if she comes back to
India.
9.
Kasturba Gandhi (11th April 1869 to 22 February 1942)
Being the better-half of Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi played a role as a political activist who
was fighting for civil rights as well as Indian independence. She accompanied
her husband to all demonstrations and movements and even took his place in his
absence.She played the role of teaching Indians basic lesson of health,
hygiene, discipline, reading and writing due to lack of proper education to
all. She played an important role at the backstage of the freedom struggle.
10.
Kamala Nehru ( 1st August 1899 to 28 February 1936)
Kamala Nehru was married to Pandit jawaharlal
Nehru. Being the wife of a person whose contribution to Indian Freedom struggle
can never be forgotten is in itself a great contribution to Indian freedom struggle.
At a prominent instance, in 1921, during the Non-Cooperation Movement in
Allahabad She organized groups of women and picketed shops of liquor and
foreign cloth. Performing the role of a wife she often went to deliver speeches
when Nehru ji failed to appear.
11.
Aruna Asaf Ali (16th July 1909 – 26th July 1996)
She is well known as Indian
independence activist. Being an activist she participated actively in public
processions during Salt Satyagraha, and she also became an active member of
Indian National Congress. Due to her activity, she was imprisoned but prison
walls did not stop her continued with her protests and strikes inside the jail
for indifferent treatment of prisoners which resulted in the improved condition
of prisoners in Tihar Jail
12.
Matangini Hazra
13.
Sabitri Bai Phule (3 January, 1831 to 10 March, 1897)
14.
Rani Abanti bai (18 August, 1831 to 20 March, 1858)
15.
Kittur Rani Chennamma ( 23 October, 1778 to 21 February, 1829)
16.Tara
Rani Shrinibas
16.
Kanaklata Barua
17.
Lakshmi Sahgal
18.
Pritilata Waddedar
19
Bina Das
20.Begum
Royeka
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