Sarala Roy (1861-1946) was an Indian educator, feminist, and social activist. She was one of the first women to matriculate from Calcutta University, and was the first woman to be a member of the University Senate. She founded a school for girls and several women's educational charities, and was a founding member and later, the President of the All India Women's Conference. As President of the All India Women's Conference in 1932, she played a key role in organizing efforts towards women's suffrage, and against child marriage. She was also a strong supporter of educational rights for women and girls.
Sarala Roy
Born
1861
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
1946
Kolkata, India
Occupation
Social worker
Organization
All India Women's Conference (elected president in 1932)
SaralaRoy (1861-1946) was an Indian educator, feminist, and social activist. She was one of the first women to matriculate from Calcutta University, and...
a follower of Brahmoism, a religion founded by Ram Mohan Roy and later developed by Sarala's grandfather Debendranath Tagore. In 1890, she earned her...
(later Chief Justice of India). Roy and Sarala became the parents of two daughters, Charulata Mukherjee and Swarnalata Bose. Roy gave his daughter Charulata...
alumnae were Swarnaprabha Basu (wife of Ananda Mohan Basu), SaralaRoy (wife of Prasanna Kumar Roy), Lady Abala Basu (wife of Jagadish Chandra Basu), Girijakumari...
Atul Prasad Sen, Satya Ranjan Das, Satish Ranjan Das, Sudhi Ranjan Das, SaralaRoy and Lady Abala Bose. His eldest grandson was Siddhartha Shankar Ray and...
children were all named by Rabindranath Tagore. Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, SaralaRoy, Abhla Bose and Satish Ranjan Das are his cousins. The bungalow at 1,...
of the prestigious Presidency College, Calcutta. Maternal grandmother SaralaRoy was a well known social worker who worked for the emancipation of women...
rehabilitation of children of prostitutes. She was daughter of Dr P. K. Roy and SaralaRoy. She was married to Satish Chandra Mukherjee. Air Marshal Subroto...
Kumar Roy of the Indian Education Service, was the first Indian Principal of Presidency College, Kolkata. His maternal grandmother, SaralaRoy, was an...
teacher R. C. Majumdar, history professor and former Sheriff of Kolkata SaralaRoy, educationist Shariff Enamul Kabir, former vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar...
This is a list of people from or who live in Odisha, India. Sarala Dasa (1465) Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550) Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740)...
Tanu Roy is an Indian actress and model. A Bengali by birth, she has predominantly appeared in Telugu films apart from some Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali...
people List of Koli states and clans Tanaji Malusare Rooplo Kolhi Uda Devi Sarala 1999, p. 111 "When Jhalkari Bai fought as Lakshmi Bai". Tribune India. Archived...
Debashree Roy is an Indian actress who has performed in more than a hundred films. She is a National Award winner actress and known for her work in Hindi...
Parineeta and Sonal's brother; Rani's husband (2015–2017) Ashiesh Roy as Ashok Agarwal: Sarala's husband; Parineeta, Amit and Sonal's father (2015–2017) Sanjana...
"Assassination Of Mr.B.E.J.Burge,I.C.S." Retrieved October 28, 2021. Srikrishan 'Sarala' (1999). Indian Revolutionaries 1757-1961 (Vol-4): A Comprehensive Study...
Suryavamsi King of Odisha: In Prataparudradeva's time Odia poets accepted Sarala Dasa's idea and expressed in their literary works as all the Avataras of...
Sakhe Wah, a solo classical track, in the music of Rahul Madhukar Ranade. Sarala Swaragala from a Kannada album - "Neralaagi". Itna Na Mujhse Tu Pyar Bada...
1990–91); also the first scientist to represent the University of Calcutta Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872–1945), promoter of female education Anwara Bahar...
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