Labanya Prabha Ghosh

Early life and freedom fighter She was born on 14 August 1897 and was popularly known as "Manbhum Janani" (Mother of Manbhum district). In 1908, at the age of 11, she was married to Atul Chandra Ghosh, another important personality of Indian freedom movement from Purulia district. She never went to school but was taught by her father. Her father, Risi Nabarun Chandra She was an active member of "Shilpashram", an important center of freedom struggle movement of Manbhum region. She wrote several article in Mukti, a weekly periodical established by her husband at Purulia and she continued as editor of the periodical after his death in 1961. She was a leading lady for several protests in Purulia during British Raj She also undertook individual Satyagraha and was arrested by British during 1941.

After India's Independence, she participated in Bhasa Andolon in Bihar, for which she was arrested and later, because of this agitation, Purulia was separated from Bihar and merged with West Bengal on linguistic lines.