Ashoka Gupta

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Ashoka Gupta
BornNovember 1912
Died8 July 2008
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationSocial worker
SpouseShaibal Kumar Gupta
ChildrenPartha Sarathi Gupta(son)
Shakuntala Dasgupta (daughter)
Kasturi Gupta Menon (daughter)
Bishakha (Apala) Egan (daughter)[1]
Parent(s)Kiran Chandra Sen
Jyotirmoyee Devi

Ashoka Gupta (November 1912 – 8 July 2008) was an Indian freedom fighter and social worker.

Noakhali genocide
.

Early life

Gupta was born the fourth of six children and second daughter to Kiran Chandra Sen and Jyotirmoyee Devi. Her father died at the age of six, and she was brought up by her mother, who struggled to bring her up along with five other siblings. She attended St. Margaret's school in Kolkata. She stood first among the girls in the matriculation examination. She graduated from Bethune College with honours in Mathematics. At the age of 20, she was married to Saibal Gupta, an I.C.S. officer.[2]

Career

In 1936, Gupta became a member of the All India Women's Conference, founded in 1927. She actively participated in setting up branches of AIWC and various welfare organizations. During the Bengal famine of 1943, she took part in relief work in Bankura. In 1945, she moved to

Noakhali genocide, she led a team of relief workers on behalf of the Chittagong branch of the AIWC, for rescue and relief operations in Noakhali. After the Partition, she moved to Kolkata along with her husband.[citation needed
]

After the

Bengali Hindu refugees Mana and other camps in the Dandakaranya.[citation needed
]

She was the State Commissioner (Guides) from 1956 to 1967 and the State Chief Commissioner of

The Bharat Scouts and Guides from 1968 to 1974.[citation needed
]

She was a fellow of the senate of the University of Calcutta from 1948 to 1953. She was associated with the Palli Sangathan Vibhag of Vishwabharati University from 1956. In 1965, she became a member of the executive council of the university and remained there till 1973.[citation needed]

Honours

In 2007, Gupta was bestowed upon an honorary D.Litt. in recognition of her work for the cause of women and children. She was also awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 2007.[4]

Publications

  • Noakhalir Durjoger Dine

References

  1. ISBN 9788185604565
    . Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Gandhian Ashoka Gupta dead". The Indian Express. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  3. ^ Sood, Saroj. "From the Desk of Founder Secretary Mrs. Saroj Sood". Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Jamnanal Bajaj Award". Jamnanal Bajaj Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
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