Sailabala Das

Sailabala Das
Sailabala Das
Member: Rajya Sabha
In office
03 April 1952 – 02 April 1954
ConstituencyOdisha
Personal details
Born
Shoila Bala Hazra

(1875-03-25)25 March 1875[1]
Chakraberia Road, Bhowanipore, Calcutta
Died29 April 1968(1968-04-29) (aged 93)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Alma materBethune College, Maria Grey Training College[2]
ProfessionEducationist, Social Worker, Politician

Sailabala Das (25 March 1875 – 29 April 1968) was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies.[3]

  1. ^ http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Karlekar, Malavika. "A VOYAGE OUT – How Sailabala Das discovers that the Red Sea is not red". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. ^ Sachidananda Mohanty (2005). Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898–1950: A Lost Tradition. SAGE Publications. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3308-3.