• The death anniversary of revolutionary Bina Das was observed on December 26^th.

 ABOUT BINA DAS

• Bina Das was an Indian revolutionary and nationalist from West Bengal.
• She was born on August 24, 1911 to social worker and educationist parents– Beni Madhab Das and Sarala Devi, who were deeply involved in the Brahmo Samaj and the freedom struggle.
• Das was a member of Chhatri Sangha, a semi-revolutionary organisation for women in Kolkata.
• On 6 February 1932, she attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson, in the Convocation Hall of the University of Calcutta.
  • The revolver was supplied by another freedom fighter Kamala Das Gupta.
• She fired five shots but failed and was sentenced to nine years of rigorous imprisonment.
• In 1942, she participated in the Quit India movement and was imprisoned again from 1942 to 1945.
• From 1946 to 1947, she was a member of the Bengal Provincial Legislative Assembly and, from 1947 to 1951, of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.