Historicity

Mahatma Gandhi once said “As long as women of India do not take part in public life, there can be no salvation for the country. As long as women do not come to public life and purify, we are not likely to attain Swaraj, even if we did, it would have no use for that kind of Swaraj to which women have not made their full contribution”.

• Babasaheb Ambedkar
• social reformation movement
• philosophical framework

1. Siddhartha Dash,” Role of Women in India’s Struggle for Freedom “Orissa Review, August – 2010, pp-74-76.
2. Christy Chopra, “Female Indian Freedom Fighters”, Jaihind, New Delhi, p-1. Also see www.liveindia.com.
3. Namita Dixit “Women of Odisha in Freedom Movement”, Cuttack, 2011,p-1.
4. Satwinder Kaur, “Role of women in India’s struggle for freedom” IJMSSR, Vol-2, No-4, 2013, p-112.
5. S.N. Das, “Odisha Swadhinata Sangram Itihasa”, Puri, 1957, p-37. Also see B. Chandra, “India’s Struggle for Independence “, New Delhi,1989. Pp-184-196.
6. Harihar Panda, “History of Odisha”, Cuttack, 1997, p-310.
7. Janmejay Choudhury “Oriya Women in Gandhian Movement” Odisha Review, August – 2007, p-26.
8. Ibid, p-27.
9. Harihar Panda, Op.cit.
10. Ibid, p-308.