Jyotirmoyee Ganguli’s involvement in the freedom struggle is an example of how even the masses were ready to lay down their lives in their attempt to challenge British might. Jyotirmoyee was born in 1889 in Calcutta and joined government service at an early age. However, she resigned in response to Gandhi’s call for civil disobedience against the British. She took part in anti-British demonstrations and propagated the policies of the Congress.
In 1945, she joined an agitation organised by the Forward Bloc to protest against the imprisonment of IN A soldiers. Jyotirmoyee, representing the protestors, demanded the release of the prisoners, but the demand was turned down. Violence erupted subsequently and two Indian students were killed. Furious at the British insensitivity, Jyotirmoyee took out a procession, the suppression of which led to her untimely but heroic death.