Orissa had a fair share of agitational activities in the pre-independent period leading to unprecedented level of mass mobilisation against the British in the eastern parts and Prajamandal activities in the Garjat areas. What is commonly not known is that the women played a significant role in providing both, the leadership as well as the mass discontent in these troubled times.
The present publication has been contributed by well known scholars who have culled important pieces of information and references, which in more ways than one, shall constitute a pioneering comprehensive documentation of women's role in the National Movement for Independence. venture in.
Orissa State Archives is a repository of invaluable primary data in the shape of official documents, archival materials obtained from time to time containing original information. The present publication from the State Archives.
is yet another offer to the serious readership in the state. More appropriately, while the State is celebrating alongwith the people of the country, the 50th Anniversary of our achieving Independence, the publication shall enrich our understanding of our endeavour to gain Independence and to some extent, serve as an educating experience for the citizens born after Independence.
I commend my colleagues in the State Archives and all the contributors for their untiring effort.
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