Anjana Devi Chaudhary | |
Birth Date: | 1897 |
Birth Place: | Sri Madhopur, Sikar, Rajasthan |
Death Date: | 27 April 1981 |
Known For: | First female activist to be arrested by Britishers in Rajasthan State |
Occupation: | Indian independence activist, social reformer |
Nationality: | Indian |
Spouse: | Ram Narayan Chaudhary |
Anjana Devi Chaudhary (1897–27 April 1981) was a freedom fighter and writer from Sikar, Rajasthan. She was the first woman from Rajasthan state to be arrested during freedom struggle. She was also involved in the Bijolia peasant movement and led a procession of 500 women in Bijolia, resulting in her arrest and subsequent exile from the Bundi state. She was wife of social reformer and anti-colonial nationalist Ram Narayan Chaudhary.[1] [2] [3] She was a worker and activist of Indian National Congress.
She attempted to raise women's political consciousness between 1921 and 1924. She first learned about politics and volunteer work from her husband, Ram narayan Chaudhary. She was jailed twice for her participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930.[4]