Context: Recently, the government of Bangladesh is financing a film on the life of revolutionary freedom fighter Pritilata Waddedar.

• The film ‘Bhalobasha Pritilata’ will be based on the first woman Bengali revolutionary nationalist of the Indian subcontinent against the British regime. The film is based on the novel by Selina Hossain.

Pritilata Waddedar (5 May 1911 – 24 September 1932)

• She was a Bengali revolutionary nationalist from the Indian subcontinent who was influential in the Indian independence movement.
• Pritilata was chosen to lead an uprising against a club that had the tenet "Dogs and Indians are not allowed." She, along with a group of others, attacked a European club and set fire to it.
• After being fatally wounded during the attack, Pritilata preferred to sacrifice her life rather than be caught by the British. To avoid arrest, Pritilata consumed cyanide and died. She was just 21 years old when she died.
• She had a middle-class background and was inspired by several revolutionaries right from childhood.
• Her graduation degree was withheld by the British. She served as a school teacher before becoming a freedom fighter.
• Pritilata soon joined the group of Bengali independence fighter Surya Sen. She was at the forefront of many anti-British campaigns.
• Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi was her role model, and inspired Pritilata to fight against the British right from her childhood.
• A plaque stands in memory of Pritilata at the spot she committed suicide.