A revolutionary phase in Bengal saw large scale participation of young women under Surya Sen's leadership, they provided shelters, acted as messengers and custodians of arms and fought guns in hand.Preetilata Waddekar died while conducting a raid, while Kalpana Dutt was arrested and tri

ed along with Surya Sen and given a life sentence. In December 1931, two school girls Commilla, Shanti Ghosh and Suniti Chaudhary, shot dead the district magistrates. In December 1932, Beena Das fired point blank at the Governor while receiving her degree at the convocation.