Ila Pal Choudhury (1908 – 9 March 1975) was an Indian Parliamentarian and nationalist social worker.[1]
Early life edit
Smt. Ila Pal Choudhury was born in a Brahma family in Kolkata, British India. Her father Bijay Krishna Basu was the Superintendent of the Alipore Zoological Garden, Alipore.[2][3] Ila married with Nadia's landlord Amiyanarayan Pal Choudhury. Her father-in-law Bipradas Pal Chowdhury was a Bengali industrialist of British India and man of modern concept. She entered politics and joined into the Indian National Congress of her young age.[4]
Political career edit
After joining the party Smt. Pal Choudhury met Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and worked with him. She gradually became the leader of women's branch of the regional congress, Bengal. In 1957 Pal Choudhury won first time in the parliamentary election from the Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency, Nadia district and became an active Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.[5][6] Afterwards she contested in the Bye election of Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency in 1968 and again won the seat.[7] She was also involved with various social works like school establishment, welfare organisations etc.[4][8]
Death edit
Smt. Ila Pal Choudhury died on 9 March 1975.[4]
References edit
- ^ Samaddar, Ranabir (4 July 2003). Refugees and the State: Practices of Asylum and Care in India, 1947-2000. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 978-81-321-0377-6.
- ^ Majumadāra, Līlā (1981). Kherora khātā (in Bengali). Ānanda. ISBN 978-81-7066-939-5.
- ^ Chatterjee, Ramananda (1937). The Modern Review. Prabasi Press Private, Limited.
- ^ a b c Ed - S.Sengupta & A. Basu, Vol - I (2002). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 62. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
- ^ (PDF). "West Bengal Election Commission" (PDF). Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ VOLUME I, (National & State abstracts & detailed results) (1957). STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA. New Delhi: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA.
- ^ "Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Elections and Results 2014". elections.in. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Chopra, Joginder Kumar (1 January 1993). Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-513-5.