Bina Das - Erased from history the courageous freedom fighter
Bina Das is one such notable figure among Indian revolutionaries, such as Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, and Rajguru, who fought fiercely against the British Raj for India’s freedom. Today, India is celebrating its 79th Independence Day. This is very common among the masses to be aware of the men revolutionaries, but in the context of women, except for some, most people don’t even know about the women revolutionaries, like Bina Das and others. Many women revolutionaries, such as Kalpana Dutta, Preetilata Wadekar, Suniti Chaudhry, etc., have been equally active during the freedom movements, like other leaders. Bina Das was one such young revolutionary from Bengal who fought against the British Raj. As per the Zubaan published book Bina Das : A Memoir , Bina Das’s involvement was in the shooting of the British Governor of Bengal, Stanley Jackson, at the Annual Convocation Meeting of Calcutta University in 1932. She had done this revolutionary act at the very...