Kumudini Basu

Kumudini Basu ( née Mitra, 1873-1942) marubuci ne na Bengali, mai kawo sauyi, mai fafutukar yanci kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin mata a Biritaniya Indiya .

 Iyali 
An haifi Basu a cikin 1873 a Calcutta, West Bengal, Indiya, kuma ita ce babbar diya ga Krishna Kumar Mitra mai kishin Indiya .   Tana da 'yar'uwa mai suna Basanti Chakravorty ( née Mitra ). 

Basu ya auri 'yar kasuwa Sarat Chandra Basu-Mullik.

 Sana'a 
Basu ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Calcutta . 

Basu ta yi aiki a matsayin marubuci kuma ta shirya wallafe-wallafen Suprabhat (1907-14), wanda ita ma ta kafa,  da Bangalakshmi (1925-27) .  Ta buga littattafai da wakoki da yawa,  ciki har da littafin Sikher Balidan (Haɗin Sikh).

Basu ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar ba da haɗin kai ta Indiya. 

Ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatariyar Bharat Stree Mahamandal (Babban Da'irar Matan Indiya), wanda ke da nufin haɓaka ilimin mata .  Basu ya yi yakin neman 'yancin mata na kada kuri'a kuma yana daya daga cikin shugabannin, tare da Kamini Roy da Mrinalini Sen,  na Nigil Bangiya Nari Votadhikar Samiti (All Bengali Women's Franchise Association) wanda ya yi gwagwarmaya don zaben mata.  16 ga watan Agustan 1925, Majalisar Dokokin Bengal ta zartar da kudurin yin amfani da ikon amfani da sunan mata da kuri'u mafi rinjaye,  ta baiwa wasu matan Bengali damar yin amfani da 'yancinsu a karon farko a babban zaben Indiya na 1926 . A cikin 1935, Basu ya rubuta wa Kwamitin Lothian, wanda kuma aka sani da Kwamitin Franchise na Indiya, don raba ra'ayoyinta game da zaɓe na duniya.  Ita ce kansila ta farko da aka zaba a cikin Municipal Corporation na Calcutta. 

Duk da irin shawarar da ta ke yi na ’yancin kada kuri’a na mata, Basu na fargabar kada kada kuri’a na iya tilasta wa mata masu mutunci su hada kai da “matan da ba a so,” irin su karuwai.  Ta ba da shawarar cewa masu yin lalata su yi rajista da 'yan sanda kuma a tilasta musu yin amfani da rumfunan zabe daban-daban don kada kuri'a.

Basu ya kuma yi tir da aikin purdah a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da "lalacewar ruhi, tunani, da jiki na maza da mata." 

Ta mutu a cikin 1942 a Calcutta, West Bengal, Indiya.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haihuwar 1873
Rukuni:Mutuwar 1942
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