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6. Pritilata was born in a middle-class
Vaidya-Brahmin family on 5 May 1911in
Dhalghat village in Patiya upazila of
Chittagong (now in Bangladesh). Her
parents were Jagabandhu Waddedar
(father) and Pratibhamayi Devi (mother).
Jagabandhu was a clerk in the
Chittagong Municipality. Her mother
Pratibhamayi Devi was a housewife.The
couple had six children– Madhusduan,
Pritilata, Kanaklata, Shantilata, Ashalata
and Santosh. Pritilata was nicknamed
Rani.Waddedar was a title conferred to
an ancestor of the family who originally
had the surname Dasgupta.
7. Jagabandhu tried to arrange best
possible education for their
children. He got Pritilata admitted in
Dr. Khastagir Government Girls'
School of Chittagong. Pritilata was
a meritorious student.A teacher in
the school, whom students
affectionately used called Usha Di,
used stories of Rani Lakshmibai to
inspire nationalism in her students.
Kalpana Datta, a classmate of
Pritilata, writes in the biography
Chittagong Armoury raiders– "We
had no clear idea in our school days
about our future.
8. Then the Rani of Jhansi fired our
imagination with her example.
Sometimes we used to think of
ourselves as fearless...".[13] Arts and
literature were Pritilata's favourite
subjects.[14] She passed out of Dr.
Khastagir Government Girls' School in
1928 and in 1929, got admitted to the
Eden College, Dhaka. In the Intermediate
examinations, she stood first among all
students who appeared in that year's
examination from the Dhaka Board.[2][11]
As a student in Eden College, she
participated in various social activities.
She joined the group Sree Sangha,
headed by Leela Nag, under the banner
10. In Calcutta
To pursue higher education, Pritilata went to
Calcutta (now Kolkata) and got admitted to
the Bethune College. Two years later, she
graduated in Philosophy from the college
with a distinction.However, her degree was
with held by British authorities at Calcutta
University. In 2012, she (and Bina Das) were
conferred their certificates of merit
posthumously.
As a school teacher
After completing her education in Calcutta,
Pritilata returned to Chittagong. In
Chittagong, she took up the job of a school
teacher at a local English medium secondary
school called Nandankanan Aparnacharan
School. She was appointed as the first
12. "Pritilata was young and
courageous. She would
work with a lot of zeal
and was determined to
drive the British
away.“said
Binod Bihari Chowdhury,
Binod Bihari Chowdhury
14. Surya Sen had heard about
her and wanted her to join
their revolutionary group.On
13 June 1932, Pritilata met
Surya Sen and Nirmal Sen in
their Dhalghat camp.A
contemporary revolutionary,
Binod Bihari Chowdhury,
objected that they did not
allow women to join their
group. However, Pritalata was
allowed to join the group
because the revolutionaries
reasoned that women
transporting weapons would
not attract as much suspicion
as men.
Master Da Surjo Sen
15. Activities in Surya Sen's group
Along with the revolutionary
group of Surya Sen, Pritilata
took part in many raids like
attacks on the Telephone &
Telegraph offices and the
capture of the reserve police
line. In the Jalalabad battle, she
took the responsibility to
supply explosives to the
revolutionaries
16. Inspiration from Ramkrishna Biswas :
Surya Sen and his revolutionary group decided to
kill Mr. Craig, Inspector General of Chittagong.
Ramakrishna Biswas and Kalipada Chakravarty
were assigned for this task. But they mistakenly
killed SP of Chandpur and Traini Mukherjee
instead of Craig. Ramakrishna Biswas and
Kalipada Chakravarty were arrested on 2
December 1931. After the trial Biswas was ordered
to be hanged till death and Chakravarty to be
exiled to Cellular Jail.
The family and friends lacked the amount of
money required to travel to Chittagong to Alipore
Jail of Calcutta. Since at that time Pritilata was
staying in Kolkata, she was asked to go to Alipore
Jail and meet Ramkrishna Biswas.
19. In 1932, Surya Sen planned to attack the
Pahartali European Club which had a
signboard that read "Dogs and Indians not
allowed". Surya Sen decided to appoint a
woman leader for this mission. Kapana Datta
was arrested seven days before the event.
Because of this, Pritilata was assigned the
leadership of the attack. Pritilata went to
Kotowali Sea Side for arms training and made
the plan of their attack there.
They decided to attack the club on 23
September 1932. The members of the group
were given potassium cyanide and were told
to swallow it if they were caught.
20. On the day of the attack, Pritilata dressed herself as
a Punjabi male. Her associates Kalishankar Dey,
Bireshwar Roy, Prafulla Das, Shanti Chakraborty
wore dhoti and shirt. Mahendra Chowdhury, Sushil
Dey and Panna Sen wore lungi and shirt.
They reached the club at around 10:45 PM and
attacked the club. There were around 40 people
inside the club then. The revolutionaries divided
themselves into three separate groups for the
attack. In the club, a few police officers who had
revolvers started shooting. Pritilata incurred a single
bullet wound. According to the police report, in this
attack, one woman with a surname of Sullivan died
and four men and seven women were injured.
22. An injured Pritilata was
trapped by the British police.
In order to avoid arrest, she
swallowed cyanide and
committed suicide.On the
next day police found her
body and identified her. On
searching her dead body
police found a few leaflets,
photograph of Ramkrishna
Biswas, bullets, whistle and
the draft of their plan of
attack. After the post-mortem
it was found that the bullet
injury was not very serious
and cyanide was the reason
23. In this place Pritilata committed
suicide. Now there is a plaque there in
24. The chief secretary of Bengal sent a report to
British authorities in London. In the report it
was written–_____________
Pritilata had been closely associated with, if
not actually the mistress of, the terrorist
Biswas who was hanged for the murder of
Inspector Tarini Mukherjee, and some reports
indicate that she was the wife of Nirmal Sen
who was killed while attempting to evade
arrest of Dhalghat, where Captain Cameron
fell.
26. Bangladeshi writer Selina Hossain calls Pritilata
an ideal for every woman.A trust named
Birkannya Pritilata Trust (Brave lady Pritilata
Trust) has been founded in her memory.
Pritilata's birthday is celebrated by the trust in
different places of Bangladesh and India every
year. The trust considers her to be "a beacon of
light for women".The last end of Sahid Abdus
Sabur Road to Mukunda Ram Hat of Boalkhali
upazila in Chittagong has been named as
Pritilata Waddedar Road.In 2012, a bronze
sculpture of Pritilata Waddedar and Suya Sen
has been planned to be installed in front of
Pahartali Railway School, adjacent to the
historical European Club.
27. A bust of Waddedar Pritilata
Waddedar primary school,
29. •2010 Bollywood movie Khelein Hum Jee
Jaan Sey was based on Chittagong
Uprising where Vishakha Singh played
the character of Pritilata.
•In 2012, the Hindi film Chittagong was
released based on the uprising. Vega
Tamotia played the role of Waddedar.
