Question

Who assassinated Stevens, the District Magistrate of Tippers (Tripura) in 1931?
1. Kalpana Datta and Suhasini Ganguly
2. Pritilata Waddedar and Kalpana Datta
3. Santi and Suniti Chaudhary
4. Bina Das and Basanti Devi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Santi and Suniti Chaudhary

The correct answer is Santi and Suniti Chaudhary.

• ​Santi Ghosh and Suniti Chandheri, schoolgirls of Comilla, shot dead the district magistrate of Tippera (Tripura), Stevens. (December 1931)
• There was large-scale participation of young women, especially under Surya Sen.
• These women provided shelter, carried messages and fought with guns in hand.
• Bina Das fired point-blank at the Governor while receiving her degree at the convocation (February 1932).
• Prominent women revolutionaries in Bengal during this phase included
  • Pritilata Waddedar, who died conducting a raid.
  • Kalpana Dutt was arrested and tried along with Surya Sen and given a life sentence.