Prof Dr Sanghamitra Bhanja of Rama Devi Women’s University joined the 85th webinar of the Thinkers’ Club as chief speaker to discuss on the life of Rama Devi and her contribution to the freedom struggle of the country and her association with Mahatma Gandhi and her services to the neglected persons of the society.
Dr Bhanja said Rama Devi was the niece of Kulabrudha Madhusudan Das. Her father, Gopal Ballav Das was a Deputy Magistrate under the British Government. She married to Gopabandhu Choudhury who was also a deputy Magistrate under the British Raj. She was of 15 years only, when she married. She had two children. Manmohan Choudhury and Arnapurna Moharana.
According to Professor Bhanja, Rama Devi, though a daughter of a Zamindar family, she was maintaining a very simple life. She was devoted to high thinking, service to the downtrodden, a believer of truth and a practitioner of honesty. She was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. She undertook many creative activities along with Gandhi to uplift the country men that irritated the Britishers and for which, she was imprisoned several times. She participated in the Bhudan movement, Harijan Padajatra, upliftment of the tribals, said Prof Bhanja.
The meeting was coordinated by club president Baroda Prasanna Das.
Dr Rajat Satapathy, Dr Bhabani Das, Dr Nanda Nandan Das, Professor Umasankar Mishra, Professor Dr Pushpanjali Parida, among others participated in the meeting.