Radharani Devi

Radharani Devi was born on 13 November 1903. She was one of the prominent Bengali women poets of the Twentieth century.

Her first published work was the short story Bimata (Step-mother) which was published in Basumati 1924. Her first essay was Purush(The Male) which was published in Kallol. Her first book of collected poems, Lilakamal was published in 1929.

She was famous for her debate with Pramatha Chodhury in Bengal writer’s circuit Rabi Basar, where her enrollment as the first ever women member was initially opposed by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay but later was welcomed in the mediation of Jaladhar Sen.

She continuously fought for women right in her life.