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	BANGLAPEDIA: Waddedar, Pritilata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Pritilata had participated in 'activities subversive to the state' since the period of studies in Eden College, where she became a member of Sree Sangha under the banner Dipali Sangha led by Lila Nag.
		Pritilata believed that the time had come for women to take a leading role in the armed struggle against the British, sacrifice their lives if necessary, and confront all risks, dangers and tribulations, on the same footing as their male comrades.
		In one assignment in 1930, Pritilata was sent to Alipur Central Jail of Calcutta to meet Ram Krishna, who was a political prisoner sentenced to death and put behind the bars under strict observation in complete seclusion.
	banglapedia.net /HT/W_0001.HTM (533 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Pritilata Waddedar was a revolutionary nationalist of the British period.
		Pritilata believed that it was time for women to stand up and take up arms along with their men, and help them liberate their country from the clutches of the British Raj.
		Pritilata's brother was already a revolutionary nationalist, and it was he who introduced her to Masterda Surya Sen.
	www.thedailystar.net /rising/2004/09/05/switch.htm (2071 words)

	TRAVELS \| New Age Eid Special
		Pritilata was the headmistress of the girls’ school, Nandan Kanan, near my house.
		On September 24, 1932, Pritilata with a few other activists attacked the European Institute at Pahartali, which was bustling with the European community of Chittagong.
		Pritilata, on her escape route chose to take her life by swallowing cyanide though she was clearly out of the range of the pursuing police, leaving behind an example of how women could give up their lives for the independence movement.
	www.newagebd.com /2006/oct/15/eidspecial06/travels03.html (3909 words)

	Datta, Kalpana : Banglapedia Article:Boi-Mela
		She also used to have regular training in revolver shooting, along with her comrade pritilata waddedar.
		In September 1931 Surya Sen decided to entrust Kalpana and Pritilata with a plan to attack the European Club at Chittagong.
		While in jail, she was told about the Pahartali action and the heroic suicide of Pritilata.
	www.boi-mela.com /Banglapedia/ViewArticle.asp?TopicRef=1509 (466 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A police and military force under Captain Cameron surrounded the house on 13 June 1932.
		Cameron was shot dead while ascending the staircase and Surya Sen along with Pritilata Waddedar and Kalpana Dutta escaped to safety.
		Ultimately a villager revealed the hiding place of Surya Sen at Gahira village in Chittagong and in the early hours of 17 February 1933, a Gurkha contingent surrounded the hideout and a soldier seized Surya Sen while he was trying to break the cordon.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Surya_Sen (417 words)

	indian_independence_movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Surya Sen, along with other activists, raided the Chittagong armoury on 18 April 1930 to capture arms and ammunition and to destroy government communication system to establish a local governance.
		Pritilata Waddedar led an attack on European club in Chittagong in 1932, while Bina Das attempted to assassinate Stanley Jackson, the Governor of Bengal inside the convocation hall of Calcutta University.
		Following the Chittagong armoury raid case, Surya Sen was hanged and several other were deported for life to the Cellular Jail in Andaman.
	www.mytouristtravel.com /wiki/?title=Indian_independence_movement (6645 words)

	Drishtipat Group Blog » The girl from Chittagong
		Aftre doing matriculation from Dr Khastagir girls school in Chittagong, she did her intermediate from Eden college and she stood first in then then combined Dhaka board.
		It is a shame that if you ask 10 girls in a Chittagong streets about kareena Kapoor, each one will know her, however if you then ask who is Pritilata, none of them will have the answer.
		I remember reading somewhere that there was another young woman fighting hand in hand with Shurjo (Suryo in Kolkata Bangla?) Sen – her name was Konkona or might be Kolpona.
	www.drishtipat.org /blog/2006/09/22/the-girl-from-chittagong (358 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She secured first position in I.A. among the women in Eden College in 1929 who received the scholarship during the time of British and attacked the European Club as the co fighter of Master Da Surjosen to make the revenge against the hate the British did against the Indian or Bengali.
		And on 23rd September 1932 when she was just returning from the attack, a British solder hide inside a tube, shot her and consequently she was injured.
		In the same way the Pritilata’s understanding was not to take Cyanide, rather to understand to make free the Indian women from the exploitations and to save the co-fighters.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2006/08/11/Ctg.htm (13120 words)

	Pritilata Waddedar
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		Pritilata Waddedar was an anti-British pro-India revolutionary in East Bengal, (then part of Province of Bengal in pre-independence India), now in Bangladesh.
		Born in Chittagong in 1911, she was a meritorious student at the Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School of Chittagong and passed the matriculation examination in the first division in 1927.
	www.whereincity.com /india/great-indians/women/pritilata-waddedar.php (245 words)

	Uttaranchal/Uttarakhand Information Centre
		Aided by Purnendu Dastidar, Kalpana Dutt and Pritilata Waddedar, Surya Sen organized guerrilla raids on British targets.
		However, Pritilata Waddedar, the leader of the group leading the attack was surrounded and committed suicide to avoid capture.
		After spending years in hiding, Surya Sen was captured on 17 February 1933.
	www.4dham.com /go2/Indian_Independance_Movement.html (7100 words)

	Milestones in Indian History-"September"
		Cosmos soccer team of U.S.A., led by world famous Pele, arrived at Calcutta for exhibition matches.
		Pritilata Waddedar was the first woman terrorist to sacrifice her life for the country's freedom.
		Vasco da Gama came to India for the last time as a Viceroy of Portuguese India and died soon theresfter at Cochin on December 24.
	www.newageplus.com /educat/mileston/sept.html (284 words)

	Op-Ed
		On September 23, 1932, Masterda assigned the woman revolutionary Pritilata Waddedar to lead an attack on the Pahartali European Club of Chittagong, which used to display the hateful sign ‘Dogs and Indians not allowed’.
		The raid was successful but Pritilata could not escape.
		She preferred death by swallowing a cyanide pill rather than being captured by the colonial occupiers of the land, thus immortalising herself as one of the greatest freedom fighters of all times.
	www.newagebd.com /2005/apr/17/oped.html (2934 words)

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		Even the revolutionaries of Bengal survived on the Gita.
		When Pritilata Waddedar was shot and killed by the British, a copy of Sri Krishna's picture was with her.
		This was the story in the rest of India, except in Punjab, where the Granth Sahib inspired the freedom fighters.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards_mini/index.asp?pageID=2&boardID=67218 (1209 words)

	Indian Independence Movement: Key Landmarks in the Indian Freedom Struggle
		In the group led by Surya Sen, they provided shelter, acted as messengers and custodians of arms, and fought, guns in hand.
		Pritilata Waddedar died while conducting a raid, while Kalpana Dutt (now Joshi) was arrested and tried along with Surya Sen and given a life sentence.
		In December 1931, two school girls of Comilla, Santi Ghosh and Suniti Chowdhury, shot dead the District Magistrate.
	members.tripod.com /~INDIA_RESOURCE/freedom.html (5422 words)

	bengali-women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In February of the next year, Bina Das (1911-1986) attempted to shoot the Governor of Bengal at the Calcutta University Convocation ceremonies.
		And, in September, pritilata waddedar (1911-1932), took part in a raid on the Chittagong Club.
		In district towns and villages women joined processions, wore khaddar, and hid fleeing revolutionaries.
	www.imran-music.com /bangladesh/bengali_women.htm (12510 words)

	Bangla3b
		Pritilata Waddedar, Kalpana Dutt, Santi Ghosh (school girl) and Suniti Chowdhury (school girl), Bina Das are some of the immortal women of Bengal.
		Aruna Asaf Ali and Sucheta Kripalani were leaders who arose side by side with their male counterparts.
		Among the new recruits were many more famous female revolutionaries like Kalpana Dutta and Pritilata Waddadar.
	www.geocities.com /raqta24/bangla5a.htm (11317 words)

	women and the indian nationalist movement
		In the group led by Surya Sen, they provided shelter and weapons, acted as messengers and took part in armed actions.
		Pritilata Waddedar died while conducting a raid on a Railway Officers' Club, while Kalpana Dutt was arrested and tried along with Surya Sen and given a life sentence.
		In December 1931, two school girls, Santi Ghosh and Suniti Chowdhury, shot dead the District Magistrate.
	pers-www.wlv.ac.uk /~le1810/hs10157.htm (6240 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chittagong Samity based in Dhaka organized the traditional festival where State Minister for Environment and Forests Jafrul Islam Chowdhury as the special guest also addressed the function, an official handout said.
		"Chittagong is the place, from where the declaration of Independence was made," Noman said adding that Master Da Surja Sen, Pritilata Waddedar, Daulat Quazi, Nabin Sen, Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad, Abul Fazal, Mahbubul Alam Chowdhury and Dr. Ahmed Sharif are among the sons and daughters of this soil.
		Besides, he said, Chittagong has long been the sacred place of 12 great Muslim saints including Hazrat Amanat Shah, Hazrat Garibullah Shah and Hazrat Maizbhandari.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/12/26/front.htm (7037 words)

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