Savitri Devi is an unknown name in the Quit India movement. Everyone knows Shahid Matangini Hazra from West Bengal’s Tamluk. But not many people know about this unsung warrior. Her parents were Pandit Karta Ram and Ralli Devi. Savitri married Dr Kali Charam Sharma, who hailed from a family of freedom fighters in Malerkotla.
You will be surprised to hear the life story of this woman. Her name too deserves to be mentioned in history.
On the protest day, many patriots fell on the ground covered in blood and wounded, screaming for a drop of water because the British police were firing at them. Hearing the cries, a villager named Savitri Devi, despite all the fear of death, rushed to the Shankarara Pole near Tamluk police station and provided water to the wounded, bleeding and prostrate revolutionary patriots, which she distributed with utmost care. She devoted herself entirely to the service and care of the children of the motherland. She also made arrangements to take the injured to safety.
While Savitri Devi was supporting the injured, the British policemen raised their guns and threatened to shoot Savitri Devi repeatedly. The policemen stormed in with raised guns. Savitri Devi too started moving towards the British troops from the house with a broom and walking stick.
Along with her, many other warriors chased the English army with sticks and brooms. They could not control the fearless Savitri Devi that day. The British police also stopped at the sight of her fighting spirit that day.
Savitri Devi, on the other hand, was a so-called outcast woman from Barangana. This incident surprised the Bengal and the whole of India that day. How a neglected, humiliated, neglected, poor rural woman turns into a fighter all of a sudden.
In this connection, this news was published in various newspapers of the time. A poem by Charankabi on the heroism of Savitri Devi was also published in the newspapers. However, the last life of this heroic woman was very difficult. She spent the last days of her life in extreme poverty. In a shabby mud house, a clay stove, a broken aluminium plate, and hundreds of torn clothes, he sometimes ate and sometimes fasted. This was her daily life. Finally, the hero, hiding from the public, passed away in 1992.
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