Shoshi Mukhi Dass

Shoshi Mukhi Das (1868 – August 1921) was an Indian missionary of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, teacher and nurse.

Early life and family Das was born in Sylhet, Bengal Presidency, British India, in 1868. Her mother, Mary Das , was raised in the orphanage of Welsh Calvinistic missionary William Pryse (1820–1869) and converted to Christianity. Her father Babu Gour Charan Das had worked for the Welsh Mission in India and the police force. While in Britain, Das also gave public lectures about the history and culture of her country to Methodist audiences. She would wear a sari and sing hymns in Bengali.

In 1913, Das was granted furlough from her missionary work due to ill health and travelled from Calcutta to Wales. She lived in Wales until February 1915. Das returned to India and resumed her missionary work in Sylhet until September 1918. She died in August 1921 in Sylhet.