Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today paid tributes to Shailabala Das, a prominent social activist and women’s leader.
Taking to Twitter, the Odisha CM wrote, “The Rocky College, founded by him, has been a beacon of education for many. Her contribution to the empowerment of women with the spread of women’s education is unparalleled.”
ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସମାଜସେବୀ ତଥା ନାରୀ ନେତ୍ରୀ ଶୈଳବାଳା ଦାସଙ୍କ ଜୟନ୍ତୀରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାଞ୍ଜଳି। ତାଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା ହୋଇଥିବା ଶୈଳବାଳା ମହାବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ ଅନେକଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଶିକ୍ଷା କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ଆଲୋକବର୍ତ୍ତିକା ସାଜିଛି। ନାରୀ ଶିକ୍ଷାର ପ୍ରସାର ସହ ମହିଳା ସଶକ୍ତିକରଣ ଦିଗରେ ତାଙ୍କ ଅବଦାନ ଅତୁଳନୀୟ। pic.twitter.com/OAQKe7oqly
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) March 25, 2022
Sailabala Das was a social worker and politician. She was the first woman from Odisha to go to England for higher studies. Sailabala Das eldest child of Ambica Charan Hazra and Prosannamayee, was born on the 25 March 1875 at the Bhowanipore house of Madhusudan Das. She had five siblings.
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