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| name = Indira Miri<br />
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| birth_date = 1910<br />
| birth_place = [[Shillong]], [[Assam]], India<br />
| death_date = 5 September 2004<br />
| death_place = Silpukhuri, Guwahati, Assam, India<br />
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| othername = Mereng<br />
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| spouse = Mohi Chandra Miri<br />
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| children = Utpal, [[Mrinal Miri]] and a daughter<br />
| parents = Sonadhar Senapati<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Sankardev Award<br />
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'''Indira Miri''' (1910–2004), popularly known as '''Mereng''', was an Indian educationist from [[Assam]], known for her efforts in promoting education in the [[North East Frontier Agency]]. She was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born in 1910 in Shillong, Miri lost her mother at an early age and was brought up by her father, Sonadhar Senapati, who sent her to [[Kolkata]] for school and college studies which she started at [[Bethune College|Bethune School]] and completed with a BA from [[Scottish Church College]]. Later she obtained a degree in education (BT) from St. Mary's College of Teacher Education, Guwahati and did advanced training course in [[Montessori education|Montessori system]] in [[Ahmedabad]] on a government scholarship where she was trained by [[Maria Montessori]]. Another government scholarship helped her to travel to the UK to secure a master's degree from the [[University of Edinburgh]] and a three-month training at [[Oxford University]].<br />
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On her return to India in 1947, Miri was appointed as the Chief Education Officer of [[North-East Frontier Agency|NEFA]] with her base at [[Sadiya]], a small Assamese town and worked among the tribals for ten years. During the [[1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake|earthquake of 1950]], Miri and her fellow teachers were known to have worked for bringing relief to the people of the region. She resigned from NEFA service in 1957 to join the Jorhat BT College as it principal and worked there till her retirement in 1969. She also served the [[Guwahati University]] as a member of its executive council.<br />
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Miri died on 5 September 2004 at the age of 94, at her ancestral home in Silpukhuri. She was married to Mohi Chandra Miri, a forest service officer who died in 1939, and the couple had three children. One of her sons, [[Mrinal Miri]], is an educationist, writer and a member of [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref name="Detailed Profile: Prof. Mrinal Miri">{{cite web | url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2232 | title=Detailed Profile: Prof. Mrinal Miri | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref><br />
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The [[Government of India]] awarded the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1977<ref name="Padma Shri" /> and she received the Sankardev Award in 2004. Her life has been documented in two biographies, one a fictionalized biography, ''Mereng'', written by [[Anuradha Sharma Pujari]], published in 2010<ref name="Mereng">{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17880946-mereng | title=Mereng | publisher=Banalata | date=2010 | accessdate=29 June 2015 | author=[[Anuradha Sharma Pujari]] | pages=200}}</ref> and the other, ''Bisishta sikshabida Indira Miri'', by Hiranmayi Dewi, published in 2001.<br />
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==Publications==<br />
* ''Mahendramohana Caudhurī'', 1984<br />
* ''Mahatma Gandhi's educational theory''<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Anuradha Sharma Pujari]]<br />
* [[Maria Montessori]]<br />
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