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@article{205305,
        author = {Sujit Biswas},
        title = {Women's Participation in India's Freedom struggle Movement :special references to Bengal},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {1},
        pages = {6008-6011},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=205305},
        abstract = {The remarkable mobilization of women during the years 1900–1942 was a pivotal time in India's freedom struggle. This involvement changed in undivided Bengal from domestic support to radical, front-line activism. First sparked by the anti-partition Swadeshi movement in 1905, women went from rejecting foreign products in their homes to planning political protests.
Bengali women eagerly joined the Non-Cooperation and Salt Satyagraha movements, despite widespread arrests and police abuse, as Mahatma Gandhi infused the mainstream movement with nonviolent civil disobedience. At the same time, revolutionary nationalism gained significant traction in Bengal. Pioneering women like Pritilata Waddedar, Kalpana Datta, Bina Das, and Matangini Hazra fought in armed resistance, acquired intelligence, and carried out audacious attacks against British officials, shattering long-standing patriarchal restrictions.
The dual nature of women's participation both institutional and revolutionary is examined in this essay, emphasizing how undivided Bengal acted as a vital testing ground for female political activity. This study highlights how Bengali women significantly reshaped the socio-political dimensions of the anti-colonial struggle, defying both imperial power and conventional gender conventions, by examining the transition from passive supporters to active warriors up until the Quit India Movement of 1942. 
The Indian Independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India, lasting from 1857-1947. Woman's participation in India's freedom struggle began as early as in 1817. Many women including Rani Channama of Kittur, Rani Begam Hazrat Mahal of Avadh fought against British East India company in the 19th century . 30 years before the “First War of Independence 1857”. Women played a pivotal role in achieving India's independence. However, their lives, struggles, and contributions to the movement are never recognized at the same level of prominence as that of the men of the movement.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {June},
        }