Purnima Banerjee
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| Purnima Banerjee | |
|---|---|
| Born | Purnima Ganguly 1911 |
| Died | 1951 Nainital, India |
| Residence | Allahabad |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Bengali |
| Occupation | Indian independence activist, member of the Constituent Assembly of India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Relatives | Aruna Asaf Ali (sister) Dhirendranath Ganguly (uncle) Trailokyanath Sanyal (grand-father) |
Purnima Banerjee (née Ganguly, 1911-1951[1]) was an Indian freedom fighter.
Secretary of the Indian National Congress committee in Allahabad,[2] she took part in the Salt March and the Quit India Movement and was subsequently imprisoned.[3] Later, she became a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly[2] and of the Constituent Assembly of India.[4]
She was Aruna Asaf Ali's younger sister.[5] Suffering from ill-health, she died prematurely in Nainital a few years after the independence.[6]
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