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The Missionaries of Charity (Latin: Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralised religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women [3] established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. As of 2023, it consisted of 5,750 members of religious sisters.
Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart (Nirmal Hriday) [1] (formerly Mother Teresa's Kalighat Home for the Dying Destitutes) is a hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa [2][3] in Kalighat, Kolkata, India. Before Mother Teresa sought permission to use it, the building was an old abandoned Hindu temple to the ...
Protestors at a makeshift memorial before a protest march in Kolkata. On 9 August 2024, a 31-year-old female postgraduate trainee doctor [4] at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, was raped and murdered in a college building. Her body was found in a seminar room on campus.
Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati (23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer and Christian missionary. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and Sarasvati after being examined by the faculty of the University of Calcutta. [1] She was one of the ten women delegates of the Congress session ...
17 August 1761. Paulerspury, England. Died. 9 June 1834. (1834-06-09) (aged 72) Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India. Signature. William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the ...
t. e. Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using violence to intimidate non-muslims and their leadership for a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots. [5]
e. Pritilata Waddedar (5 May 1911 – 24 September 1932) [ 1 ][ 2 ] was a Bengali revolutionary nationalist who was influential in the Indian independence movement. [ 3 ][ 4 ] After completing her education in Chattogram (formerly Chittagong) and Dhaka (formerly Dacca), she attended Bethune College in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).
Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Alma mater. Bethune College, University of Calcutta. Occupation. Freedom fighter. Known for. Indian independence movement. Kamala Das Gupta (11 March 1907 – 19 July 2000) was an Indian freedom fighter from Bengal region.