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    Consider the following passage: "She was the first woman to graduate with honours in British India. She formed the Bangiya Nari Samaj to fight for suffrage and women’s liberation. She was also one of the members of the Female Labour Investigation Commission from 1922 to 1923 which worked with the government to oversee the conditions of women." Who among the following is being referred to in the above passage? 

    Kadambini Ganguly 

    Incorrect Answer

    Chandramukhi Basu 

    Incorrect Answer

    Kamini Roy 

    Correct Answer

    Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

    Incorrect Answer
    Explanation:

    Kamini Roy

    • Born in Basanda Village of Bakerkunj district of erstwhile Bengal Presidency, (now Bangladesh) in 1864, Kamini Roy was the first woman to graduate with honours in British India. Roy took the entrance exam to Bethune College in 1880 and cleared it. Despite having many obstacles, she graduated from Bethune College in 1886 and became the first Indian woman honours graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Sanskrit.
    • While in college, she took an active part in the Ilbert Bill agitation. After graduation, she became a teacher at Bethune and published her first book of poems named “Alo O Chhaya“, in 1889. She was motivated by social worker Abala Bose, to join the movement for women’s suffrage in Bengal. In 1921, Roy formed the Bangiya Nari Samaj with Kumudini Mitra and Mrinalini Sen to fight for suffrage and women’s liberation. She then became a member of the Female Labour Investigation Commission from 1922 to 1923 which worked with the government to oversee the conditions of women.
    • Apart from being a feminist leader she was a great poet, and some of her notable contribution to Bengali literature are “Pundorik”, “Dwip O Dhup”, “Jibon Pathey”, “Pauraniki”, “Gunjan”, “Nirmalya”, “Mallya O Nirmalya”, “Ashoka Sangeet”, and “Alo O Chaya”. Roy was president of Bangla Literature Summit (1930). Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

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