Matangini Hazra
04.10.2023
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Matangini Hazra, one of the women revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle, was remembered for her contribution on her 152nd death anniversary.
About Matangini Hazra:
- She was also known as 'Gandhi Budhi'.
- Matangini Hazra was born on 19 October 1869 in Hogla village of Midnapore district of East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh).
- Matangini Hazra was 73 years old when she was shot dead while leading a protest march in Tamluk, Bengal on September 29, 1942.
- She supported the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Because of her dedication to Gandhian principles, people affectionately called her 'Gandhi Budhi' (Old Lady Gandhi).
About Early Life:
- Due to poverty, at the age of 12, she was married to 62-year-old widower Trilochan Hazra of village Alinan.
- She was married at an early age and became a widow at the age of 18.
- After her husband's death she devoted herself to social work.
political participation:
- She became an active member of the Indian National Congress and started spinning khadi herself.
- He participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement, Salt March and Quit India Movement.
- 1933: When Sir John Anderson, the Governor of Bengal, visited Tamluk to address a public meeting to suppress the 'Carabandi Movement' in 1933, Matangini cleverly managed to escape from the security and reach the stage where she performed a Black flag waved.
- For his bravery he was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment.
- 1942: During the Quit India Movement in 1942, at the age of 73, he led a large procession of about 6,000 protesters advocating the takeover of the Tamluk police station.
In the ensuing clash with the British authorities, she was shot dead and became a martyr for Indian independence