Subhasini Mistry

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The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Shri Award to Smt. Subasini Mistry, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi (2018).

Subhasini Mistry (born 1943) is an Indian social worker. She became a widow at the age of 23 and was left with four children. She struggled in life working as a house maid, selling vegetables and worked as a manual labourer. She went on to build a charitable hospital called "Humanity Hospital" for the poor. In 2018, the Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in recognition of her social work.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She was also one of the 12 recipients of the Women Transforming India Awards in 2017.

Early life and works

Subhasini Mistry was born in 1943 in Kulwa village in

Hanskhali, Nadia district, and another at Sundarbans.[8]

For her dedication to serving the society at various platforms, she won the prestigious Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Award in the mind-of-steel category in 2009, and also has been awarded the country's fourth-highest civilian award, Padma Shri in 2018.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Government announces recipients of 2018 Padma awards". The Times of India. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Meet Padma Shri Awardee Suhasini Mistry, Who Built a Charitable Hospital Out of Nothing". Sujit Nath. New18.com. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ^ "She worked as brick-layer and maid to build hospital for the poor". NDTV. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Subhashini Mistry". Unsung. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ISBN 978-81-8495-403-6
    . Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Women's Day special: 70-year-old vegetable seller builds hospital for the poor". India Today. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ^ Shamayita Chakraborty (Jun 20, 2020). "Kolkata doctor turns boat into chamber for Amphan and corona affected | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  8. ^ "No one should die because they are poor: Subhasini Mistry - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Won't let anyone die untreated, says Padma Shri Subhasini Mistry, founder of Bengal's Humanity Hospital". The New Indian Express. 3 February 2018. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018.

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