The Role of Women in Quit India Movement

Author(s): Shekhar Biswas

Abstract:

Indian women had fought shoulder to shoulder with their menfolk in the battle of Swaraj and earned a well- deserved recognition for their glorious role in the national movement. However, earlier they were being appreciated for the supportive rather than a direct participatory role. The role of the Indian women in the freedom movement entered yet another decisive phase with the advent of Gandhiji. At the beginning of the Quit India Movement all the leaders of the Congress were imprisoned. In such a sudden situation some famous women leaders took the responsibility of handling the movement in the face of unprecedented police opperession. Some women leaders lead the movement even from the font. Among the leading women, Usha Mehta, Sucheta Kripalani, Aruna Asaf Ali, Sarojini Naidu and and others gloriously contributed to the movement. In the other hands, thousands of women who suffered and sacrificed remained unknown and unsung. Most women who participated in the movement were common families. Matangini Hazra was a widow of 70 years, Konkalata Barua was a student leader and Vogeshwari Fukonani was a housewife .Many of the women participating in the movement were peasant workers, aboriginal families. Indian prostitutes were given a continuous and silent role in the national movement. This spontaneous mass movement, women should be remembered with respect for their glorious role.

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