Matangini Hazra
Matangini Hazra | |
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| Born | Matangini Maity 19 October 1869 |
| Died | 29 September 1942 (aged 72) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Known for | Humanitarian Activist and Martyr in the Indian independence movement |
| Movement | Civil Disobedience movement Chowkidari tax bandha movement Quit India movement |
| Spouse | Trilochan Hazra |
| Father | Thakurdas Maity |
Matangini Hazra (19 October 1869 – 29 September 1942) was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement. She was leading one of the five batches of volunteers (of the Vidyut Bahini), constituted by the Samar Parisad (War Council), at Tamluk to capture the Tamluk Police Station on 29 September 1942, when she was shot dead by the British Indian police in front of the police station, becoming the first "Quit India" movement martyr in Midnapore. She was a staunch Gandhian and was fondly called Gandhi buri, Bengali for "old lady Gandhi".