17 Facts About Ramadevi Choudhury

Ramadevi Choudhury, known as Rama Devi, was an Indian freedom fighter and a social reformer.

Ramadevi Choudhury was called Maa by the people of Odisha.

Ramadevi Choudhury was born in an aristocratic Zamindar Karan family.

Ramadevi Choudhury was the daughter of Choudhury Gopala Ballabha Das and Basant Kumari Devi and the niece of Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das.

Ramadevi Choudhury was highly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and took an active part in Non Cooperation Movement.

Ramadevi Choudhury used to go from village to village to encourage women to join the independence movement.

Ramadevi Choudhury went to Inchudi and Srijang, with other activist like Kiranbala Sen, Maltidevi, Sarala Devi, Pranakrushna Padhiari.

Ramadevi Choudhury was arrested several times with other women independence activists like Sarala Devi, Malati Choudhury and others and was sent to jail.

Ramadevi Choudhury attended the 1931 Karachi session of the Indian National Congress and, at that time, requested leaders to hold the next session in Orissa.

Ramadevi Choudhury stated the Asprushyata Nibarana Samiti under instructions from Gandhiji, for the eradication of untouchability.

Ramadevi Choudhury was closely involved in Gandhiji's 1932 and 1934 visits to Orissa as well as the visits of, Kasturba, Sardar Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru and others.

Ramadevi Choudhury started an Ashram at Bari, Orissa which Gandhiji named Sewaghar.

Ramadevi Choudhury helped set up the Utkal Khadi Mandal and established a Teachers' Training Centre and Balwadi at Ramchandrapur.

Ramadevi Choudhury worked to aid soldiers affected by the Indo-Chinese War of 1962.

Ramadevi Choudhury established a primary school, Shishu Vihar and a cancer hospital at Cuttack.

In recognition of her services to the nation, Ramadevi Choudhury was awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj Award on 4 November 1981 and the Doctor of Philosophy by Utkal University on 16 April 1984.

Ramadevi Choudhury died on 22 July 1985 at the age of 85.