Manikuntala Sen Biography
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Manikuntala
Sen was a stalwart in the undivided Communist Party of India. She was born in
Barisal, now in Bangladesh in the year 1910. Their family was very
conservative. She was brought up in an orthodox Hindu environment. She left her
home and came over to Kolkata (then Calcutta). There she joined the Communist
movement. She was a meritorious student. She passed M.A. in Philosophy from the
University of Calcutta in 1938.
Manikuntala
Sen married Jolly Kaul, a fellow member. She was a dedicated Communist. She was
elected twice to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1952 and 1957. After a
few years, she left the Communist Party along with her husband
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| Manikuntala Sen |
Smt.
Sen was not a professional author. But she was a political thinker. She did not
write much. She wrote in Bengali a number of thought-provoking articles. Her
autobiography ‘Sediner Katha’ written in Bengali marked the quality of her
writings. Its English version is ‘in Search for Freedom, an Unfinished
Journey’.
Manikuntala
Sen was died in Kolkata in 1987.
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