Suhasini Das

Suhasini Das (; 1915 - 30 May 2009) was an anti-British activist, social worker and politician from Bangladesh. She was a member of the Indian National Congress and an important figure in East Bengal, before, during and after Partition.

Biography Das was born in 1915 in Jagannathpur village in Sunamganj, Sylhet district, Assam Province. Her parents were Parimohan and Shobha Roy; she had two younger brothers and two younger sisters. She was married aged 18 to a businessman, Kumud Chandra Das, who owned the Kuti-Chand Press. In 1942, she joined the Quit India Movement, which was under Gandhi's leadership; Das was imprisoned alongside other members. In 1943, Suhasini Das was released from jail. She was also a supporter of the Non-Cooperation Movement. She later joined the Indian National Congress. From 1946 to 1947, Das worked in a relief camp in Noakhali, one of seventeen set up by Leela Roy, following the riots which took place there. Whilst working there she contracted smallpox, and was visited by Gandhi whilst recovering. She had fallen whilst taking a bath on 25 May and was admitted to hospital. These diaries recorded the rising dominance of the Muslim League and the pressures the Hindu minority felt. One of the halls at Sylhet Agricultural University is named after her.