Sarala Devi (09 August 1904 – 4 October 1986) was an Indian independence activist, feminist, social activist, politician and writer. She was the first Odia woman to join the Non-cooperation movement in 1921 and the first Odia woman delegate of the Indian National Congress. She became the first woman to be elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly on 1 April 1936.
She was also the first female Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the first woman Director of Cuttack Co-operative Bank, and the first female Senate member of Utkal University. She was the only representative from Odisha on President Dr S. Radhakrishnan’s Education Commission.
Magazine Info
| Magazine name | Sarala Devi / ସରଳା ଦେବୀ |
| Editor | Sachidananda Mohanty |
| No Of pages | 265 |
| Publisher | Sachidananda Mohanty |
| Publication | 2004 |
| Printed At | NA |
| Distributor | NA |