Nirupama Rath was an Indian freedom fighter, social activist and writer. Dr Rath was one of the founding fellows of the

Indian Medical Association The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is a national voluntary organisation of physicians in India. It was established in 1928 as the All India Medical Association, and was renamed the Indian Medical Association in 1930. It is a society registered ...

.She served as the State IMA's president for three straight years from 1987. She took a keen interest in the Indian freedom struggle since her childhood and actively participated in the

Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in ...

in 1942. She was deeply involved in various social services and became the Founder President of Utkla Mahila Sammilani as well as the Working Women’s Hoste

Literary Works

Her literary pursuits won her widespread acclaim and she was accorded the Orissa Sahitya Academy Samman in 2003. Her works ‘Prasuti Bigyan’ has been taken in as a textbook for nurses and midwives. Among her other works are ‘Bharatiya Swadhinata re Nari’, ‘Alibha Smruti’ and ‘Abhula Anubhuti’, ‘Samajik Niryatana’, ‘Masala’, ‘Nari O Bicharalaya’, ‘Diganta’, ‘Kanya and Sishu Sampada’ among other

Awards and Honours

* Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1972 * National Unity Award in 1993 * Suprativa and Chalapath Samman * Orissa Sahitya Academy Samman in 2003

Death

Dr Nirupama Rath passed away at her Dargha Bazaar residence in

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in 2011. She was 86 at the time of her death and is survived by two sons Dr. Jayant Rath and Rajat Rat

Publications

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References

External links

Dr. Nirupama Rath vs State Of Orissa on 17 January, 1996
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