The history of India’s struggle for independence is incomplete without acknowledging the extraordinary agency of Bengali women, who repeatedly defied colonial authority and entrenched gender norms. From the revolutionary underground of the early 20th century to Gandhian mass movements, women from Bengal carved a distinctive space. Pritilata Waddedar led the 1932 assault on the Pahartali European Club in Chittagong and chose death over capture. Bina Das attempted to assassinate the Governor of Bengal in the same year to protest colonial repression. Kalpana Datta played a critical role in the Chittagong Armoury Raid, manufacturing explosives and sustaining the revolutionary network. Matangini Hazra, the 73-year-old Gandhi Buri, was shot dead while leading a procession during the Quit India Movement in Midnapore...