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{{Short description |Indian revolutionary and nationalist (1911–1986)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bina Das
| image = Dasbina.jpg
| caption = The photograph shows a photo of Bina Das,(1911-1986), an Indian woman revolutionary and nationalist from Bengal. The image was shot around early 1940s.
| native_name = {{Lang|bn|বীণা দাস}}
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = {{Birth-date|24 August 1911}}
| birth_place = [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|26 December 1986|24 August 1911}}
| death_place = [[Rishikesh, Uttarakhand]], India
| movement = [[Indian Independence movement]]
| father = [[Beni Madhab Das]]
| family = [[Kalyani Das]] (sister)
| awards = Padma Shri Award
}}
'''Bina Das''' (24 August 1911—1986) was an Indian revolutionary and [[Indian independence movement|nationalist]] from [[West Bengal]].

== Life ==
=== Family ===
Das was the daughter of a well-known [[Brahmo Samaj|Brahmo]] teacher, [[Beni Madhab Das]] and a social worker, Sarala Devi. Her elder sister [[Kalyani Das|Kalyani Das (Bhattacharyee)]] was also a freedom fighter.

=== Education ===
Das was a student of [[St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School]] and [[Bethune College]], Calcutta.

=== Participation in India's freedom struggle ===
Das was a member of ''Chhatri Sangha'', a semi-revolutionary organisation for women in [[Kolkata]]. On 6 February 1932, she attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor [[Stanley Jackson]], in the Convocation Hall of the [[University of Calcutta]]. The revolver was supplied by another freedom fighter [[Kamala Das Gupta]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68xTBT1-H4IC&q=Kamala+Das+Gupta&pg=PA87|title=The History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women's Rights and Feminism in India 1800-1990|last=Kumar|first=Radha|date=1997|publisher=Zubaan|isbn=9788185107769|language=en}}</ref> She fired five shots but failed<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WPBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4036,4976689 Five shots fired at governor] ''[[Glasgow Herald]]'', 8 February 1932, p. 11</ref> and was sentenced to nine years of rigorous imprisonment.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YB8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3OEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4930,2340793 Girl, would-be assassin, gets nine years in India] at ''[[Reading Eagle]]'', 15 February 1932</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-forgotten-female-freedom-fighters-2402311|title=Bina Das, Forgotten female freedom fighters|date=15 April 2017|website=dnaindia.com|access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>

After her early release in 1939, Das joined the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party. In 1942, she participated in the [[Quit India movement]] and was imprisoned again from 1942 to 1945. From 1946 to 1947, she was a member of the Bengal Provincial Legislative Assembly and, from 1947 to 1951, of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. In 1947, she married Jatish Chandra Bhaumik, an Indian independence movement activist of the [[Jugantar]] group.<ref name="s" />

Her sister [[Kalyani Das|Kalyani Bhattacharjee]] edited a book called ''Bengal Speaks (published in 1944)'', and dedicated it to her.<ref>{{cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last1=Sengupta|first1=Subodh|last2=Basu|first2=Anjali|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2016|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6|volume=1 |location=Kolkata}}</ref>

She was a friend of [[Suhasini Ganguly]], a freedom fighter.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chatterjee|first=India|year=1988|title=The Bengali Bhadramahila —Forms of Organisation in the Early Twentieth Century|url=http://www.manushi-india.org/pdfs_issues/PDF%20files%2045/26.%20The%20Bengali%20Bhadramahila.pdf|journal=Manushi|pages=33–34|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035318/http://www.manushi-india.org/pdfs_issues/PDF%20files%2045/26.%20The%20Bengali%20Bhadramahila.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Award ===
Das won the [[Padma Shri]] award in 1960 for her "Social Work".<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=21 May 2014|access-date=22 March 2016|pages=11–37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Posthumas conferral of withheld degree ====
In 2012, Das and [[Pritilata Waddedar]] were conferred the Graduation Certificates posthumously by Calcutta University, nearly 80 years after British government withheld them.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/After-80-yrs-posthumous-degrees-for-revolutionaries/articleshow/12364819.cms|title=After 80 yrs, posthumous degrees for revolutionaries - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-12-21}}</ref>

== Death ==
After the death of her husband, Das led a lonely life in [[Rishikesh]] and died in anonymity.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rajesh|first=K. Guru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c_dLCgAAQBAJ&dq=Bina+Das++Rishikesh&pg=PT698|title=Sarfarosh: A Naadi Exposition of the Lives of Indian Revolutionaries|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-93-5206-173-0|language=en}}</ref> Her dead body was recovered from the roadside on 26 December 1986 in a partially decomposed state.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-08|title=Bina Das: 21-yr-old who shot Bengal Governor got Padma Shri, but died in penury|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/bina-das-21-yr-old-who-shot-bengal-governor-got-padmasri-but-died-in-penury-6298713/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> It was found by the passing crowd. The police were informed and it took them a month to determine her identity.<ref name="s">Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Anjali Basu (ed.) (1988) ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (in Bengali), Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad, p.663</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Pinaki Biswas|title=Rabindranath Hatya Shorojantra (Bengali)|publisher=Lalmati Prakashan|year=2021|isbn=978-81-953129-3-1|location=Kolkata|pages=22}}</ref> An alternate report by the current relatives of Bina Das says she was found unconscious at a bus stand and was taken to hospital by the police, where she passed away the next day. This was stated during a documentary on Bina Das broadcast on 26-Dec-2021 on Kolkata Doordarshan, also known as DD Bangla. {{cite av media|date=2021-12-26|title="Biplabi Bina Das" - Ek Ajana Jiban : Ran on DDBangla on 26-Dec-2021 at 1730hrs IST. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ9LPAOBjPU}}</ref>

==Works==
Das wrote two autobiographical works in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]: ''Shrinkhal Jhankar'' and ''Pitridhan''.<ref name=s/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bhavans.info/heritage/agniknya.asp Biography by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]
* {{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Lilyma |year=2012 |chapter=Women |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Women |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051225215159/http://muktadhara.net/page22.html Bengalee women]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728070752/http://www.subhaschandrabose.org/freedom/binadas.html Statement before the Special Tribunal of Calcutta High Court by Bina Das]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141218090806/http://stjohnsdiocesanschool.org/ St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School Official Website]
{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
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