Google Doodle Kamini Roy
Google today dedicated its doodle to a woman who is a Bengali poetess, activist, and educationist Kamini Roy. Why is Kamini Roy in Google’s Doodle today, what is the reason behind it and know who is Kamini Roy?
Who Is Kamini Roy
Kamini Roy is the first woman in India who gave women the right to vote in India. Along with this, she is the first woman in India who graduated in British India.
Google Doodle Roy Birthday Details And Caste
She was born on October 12, 1864, in the Bakerganj district of Bengal. Now she is part of Bangladesh. Today is the 155th birth anniversary of Kamini Roy. She was born into an aristocratic family.
Google Doodle Roy Family Details
Roy’s father’s name was Chandi Charan Sen, a judge, a writer, a prominent member of the Brahmo Samaj. Her brother had been the mayor of Kolkata and her sister was a physician of Nepal’s royal family.
Roy Education Details
Roy studied law, but as a childhood, she was interested in mathematics, so she did further studies in Sanskrit. In 1818, she did her BA Hons from Bethune College, Kolkata.
How To She Became A Part of Nationalist Movements
Roy met another student, Abla Bose, in college. Abla has interested in women’s education and working for widows. Impressed by them Roy also decided to devote her life to women’s rights.
After that Roy also supported Ilbert Bill. Under which Indian judges were also empowered to hear such cases, which consisted of European citizens. This has opposed by the European community, but Indians started agitating in its support.
Campaign For Women To Vote
After the death of her husband Kedarnath Roy in 1909, she joined the Bang Mahila Samiti and became fully devoted to women’s issues. Roy through her poems had created awareness among women. Not only this, she then ran a long campaign to give women the right to vote in the erstwhile Bengal. Finally, women were given the right to vote in the 1926 general election. She died in 1933. Also Read More Celebrity Biography
