Matangini Hazra, born
on 19 October 1870, in Tamluk, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Tumluk,
Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India), 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".
