Pushpalata Das was born in 1915 in Lakhimpur. His father was Rameshwar Shaikia and his mother was Swarnalata Shaikia. Pushpalata received her primary education in Barpeta. His father transferred to Guwahati for work and he was able to attend high school in Guwahati.
Pushpalata Das learned to spin yarn from a very young age and liked to wear khaddar clothes.
When the All India Congress session was held in 1926, Pushpalata was studying at Panbazar High School. It was then that he had the opportunity to meet Mahatma Gandhi. After seeing Gandhiji, he was eager to join the freedom struggle of India.
During the lawless movement in 1930, Pushpalata was the secretary of the school’s students’ union. He then formed the ‘Mukti-Sangh’ with several students. He was picketing in protest against the death sentence of Bhagat Singh while forming the Mukti Sangh with school girls. The school authorities immediately convicted Pushpalata and expelled her from the school. Pushpalata was asked to apologize for her mistake but she was not such a backward girl. Pushpalata did not apologize saying that it was not wrong for her to fight for freedom.
She was expelled from school and studied at home with a home teacher and passed the entrance examination.
Pushpalata Das went to Kashi Hindu University for her college education. He was in the care of his uncle after both his parents passed away.
He passed his F.A. examination from Kashi Hindu University. He received his postgraduate degree from Andhra University in
He was a member of the freedom struggle. He also joined the Satyagraha in Das was arrested by the police at Loharghat in Kamrup on his way back from the satyagraha. He spent about a month and a half in jail.
She was released from jail and elected a member of the women’s section of the National Planning Committee. She was the Vice President of the Student Federation.
Pushpalata participated in the 1942 mass movement and went to the police station to fly the flag as a member of the Mukti Bahini. He was arrested and jailed by the police for making anti-government speeches there. Pushpalata spent a year and a half in jail again. During the mass movement, she mobilized women and inspired them to join the freedom movement, going from house to house preaching Gandhiji’s ideals.
After the country gained independence in 1951, Pushpalata was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of independent India.
Pushpalata remained a member of the Rajya Sabha during the language movement of the 1960s.
He was elected to the Assam Assembly from Dhekiajuli constituency in
In 1999, the Government of India awarded her the Padma Bhushan. Pushpalata Das was not only a struggling woman but also a literary practitioner since childhood His writings were published in many newspapers and magazines. He was also a good speaker. There is no end to the colorful life of a woman. In short, if we can follow the ideals of a great woman, our women will always be worshiped and immortal. She died on 9 November 2003.