devoted following in the Ballygunge Constituency, all along the southeastern environs of the city, and was known for her social commitment. During the devastating Bengal Famine of 1943, she, along with co-Congress workers played a leading role in organising relief for famine victims. Later, after independence, her many activities included relief activities for those affected by famines, floods, and also the rehabilitation of the homeless and economically weaker women. Post-retirement In her post-retirement years, she served as an honorary justice of peace in the juvenile court in Kolkata and was a member of the Board of Film Censors in West Bengal. In 1958 she joined the Indian goodwill mission to China and later visited Berlin, Copenhagen and Moscow to attend developmental, educational and women's conferences. She was also a member of the Calcutta University Senate and the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. She also contributed to the setting up of Patha Bhavan, Kolkata, a school named after the university school in Santiniketan. Death She died of pneumonia on 18 January 1983, at the age of 76. References 1907 births 1983 deaths All India Forward Bloc politicians Indian feminists Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Bethune College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Academic staff of the University of Calcutta Social workers Women in West Bengal politics 20th-century Indian educational theorists Indian women educational theorists Women scientists from West Bengal Politicians from Kolkata Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal Women Indian independence activists 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians Scholars from Kolkata Women educators from West Bengal Social workers from West Bengal 20th-century women educators