Pritilata Waddedar (5 May 1911 – 24 September 1932) changed into an Indian progressive nationalist from the Indian subcontinent who changed into influential withinside the Indian independence movement. After finishing her education in Chittagong and Dhaka, she attended Bethune College in Kolkata. She graduated in philosophy and have become a faculty teacher.
Pritilata was born to a middle-class Vaidya brahmin family of modest means. Her father was a clerk in the Chittagong Municipality. Her mother Pratibhamayi Devi was a housewife.
Revolutionary Work
There were numerous revolutionary organisations operating throughout Bengal in the 1930s, and Chittagong served as a hub for these endeavours. These organisations’ adherents thought that the only way India could become free was through military conflict. Pritilata thought that it was now appropriate for women to actively participate in the armed resistance to the British, offer their lives as a sacrifice if necessary, and face all risks, perils, and afflictions on an equal basis with their male colleagues.
Although it was extremely uncommon for a woman to partake in revolutionary politics, her brother connected her to the well-known revolutionary activist Mastarda surya sen, who welcomed Pritilata as a member of his revolutionary group. She took part in activities to capture the reserve police line and destroy the Telephone and Telegraph office. She took part in the battle of Jalalabad, where she was in charge of providing explosives.
Ram Krishna was a political prisoner who had been imprisoned and given a death sentence in 1930. Ram Krishna was kept behind bars under rigorous monitoring in total solitude, and Pritilata was transported to the Alipur Central Jail in Calcutta to meet him. She might arrive in time. On June 13, 1932, Pritilata travelled to Dhalghat to meet Mastarda at his hiding place. A police troop was stationed around the event, and there was a clash that resulted in the deaths of some revolutionaries. Mastarda and Pritilata succeeded in getting away. At that point, her name might be found on the police’s list of “most wanted.” Mastarda gave her the directive to leave the institution and enter the underground, much as the men revolutionaries of the day. Pritilata fled into hiding, accompanied by Kalpana Datta, another female rebel.
Bangladeshi writer Selina Hossain calls Pritilata an ideal for every woman. A trust named Birkannya Pritilata Trust (Brave lady Pritilata Trust) has been founded in her memory. Pritilata’s birthday is celebrated by the trust in different places of Bangladesh and India every year. The trust considers her to be “a beacon of light for women”. The last end of Sahid Abdus Sabur Road to Mukunda Ram Hat of Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong has been named as Pritilata Waddedar Road. In 2012, a bronze sculpture of Pritilata Waddedar was erected in front of the Pahartali Railway School, adjacent to the historical European Club.
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