Matangini Hazra

In the context of During late-colonial mass mobilizations in Bengal, she was associated with non-cooperation and Quit India-era protest action., Matangini Hazra is recognized as Grassroots anti-colonial activist. An iconic woman participant in Bengal’s anti-colonial mobilization.

Contribution

She participated in mass civil resistance and became a remembered face of women’s participation in anti-colonial struggle.

Impact

She endures in public memory as a symbol of women-led sacrifice in the anti-colonial movement.