Suhasini Ganguly

Suhasini Ganguly (3 February 1909 – 23 March 1965) was an Indian woman freedom fighter who participated in the Indian independence movement.

Early life Ganguly was born on 3 February 1909 in Khulna, Bengal, British India to Abinashchandra Ganguly and Sarala Sundara Devi. Their family was from Bikrampur, Dhaka, Bengal. She passed matriculation in 1924 from Dhaka Eden School. While studying Intermediate of Arts, she got a teacher's job at a deaf and dumb school and went to Kolkata.

Revolutionary activities

Beginning While staying in Kolkata, she got in touch with Kalyani Das and Kamala Dasgupta. They introduced her to the Jugantar Party. She became a member of Chhatri Sangha. Under Kalyani Das and Kamala Dasgupta's management, Ganguly, on behalf of the Chhatri Sangha, taught swimming in Raja Srish Chandra Nandy's garden. There she became acquainted with the revolutionary Rashik Das in 1929. Under the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (BCLA) Act, Ganguly was held captive in Hijli Detention Camp from 1932 to 1938. Although she did not participate in the Quit India Movement as the Communist Party of India did not participate, but she helped her Congress colleagues. She was again detained in jail between 1942 and 1945 as she gave shelter to Hemanta Tarafdar, an activist of the Quit India Movement. Ganguly was imprisoned for several months in 1948 and 1949 under the West Bengal Security Act of 1948 for her attachments to communism.

Later life and death Ganguly was involved in social struggle throughout her life. Due to a road accident in 1965, she was admitted to P. G. Hospital of Kolkata. But due to negligence, she became infected with tetanus and died on 23 March 1965.