Ila Pal Choudhury (1908 – 9 March 1975) was an Indian Parliamentarian and nationalist social worker.

Early life

Smt. Ila Pal Choudhury was born in a

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family in

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. Her father Bijay Krishna Basu was the Superintendent of the Alipore Zoological Garden, Alipore. Ila married with Nadia's landlord Amiyanarayan Pal Choudhury. Her father-in-law

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was a

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industrialist of

and man of modern concept. She entered politics and joined into the

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of her young age.

Political career

After joining the party Smt. Pal Choudhury met ''Netaji''

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and worked with him. She gradually became the leader of women's branch of the regional congress,

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. In 1957 Pal Choudhury won first time in the parliamentary election from the

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and became an active

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. Afterwards she contested in the Bye election of Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency in 1968 and again won the seat. She was also involved with various social works like school establishment, welfare organisations etc.

Death

Smt. Ila Pal Choudhury died on 9 March 1975.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pal Choudhury, Ila Politicians from Kolkata Social workers Women in West Bengal politics Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal Women members of the Lok Sabha India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1967–1970 Lok Sabha members from West Bengal People from Nadia district 1908 births 1975 deaths