Sailabala das biography of mahatma

Indian social worker and politician

Sailabala Das (25 March 1875 – 29 April 1968) was a social worker and politician.

About us – Shailabala Women's Autonomous College, Cuttack

She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.^[3]

Life

Sailabala Das, eldest child of Ambica Charan Hazra and Prosannamayee, was born on 25 March 1875 at the Bhowanipore (Calcutta) house of Madhusudan Das. She had five siblings.^{[citation needed]} Following her mother's death, she was adopted by Madhusudan Das.^{[citation needed]}

In 1903, she formed the Utkal Young Men's Association and managed the Utkal Young Women's Association.^{[citation needed]} She was instrumental in creation of the first women's college in Odisha, the main building of which was gifted by her.^{[citation needed]} She started a Hindu widow's training school to train widows to become high school teachers.

On the political front, she started several branches of All-India Women's Conference. She esta Sailabala Das (March 25, 1875 — April 29, 1968), Indian ... LOCI