Santi Sudha Ghosh | |
Birth Date: | 1893 |
Birth Place: | Barisal, Bengal, British India |
Death Date: | 1966 |
Death Place: | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Alma Mater: | University of Calcutta |
Occupation: | Educationist |
Nationality: | Indian |
Known For: | Indian freedom movement |
Santi Sudha Ghosh (1893-1966) was an Indian freedom fighter from esrtswhile Bengal Presidency.
Ghosh was born into a Bengali Hindu Kayastha family in Barisal, which was part of a place called undivided Bengal. She is the sister of Debaprasad Ghosh.[1]
She was an educationist and taught at various colleges across Bengal; Victoria Institution, Calcutta, Mohammad Mohasin College, Hooghly, and Brojomohun College, Barisal. However, she remained active as a revolutionary collaborator.
In 1934, arrested in Calcutta, interned in Barishal, released in 1937 due to health concerns. Imprisoned again in 1942-43, she later focused on famine relief work and started working as a headmaster at Jagadish Saraswat Girls' High School until 1947.[2]