Abhay Ashram ( bn, অভয় আশ্রম) is a social welfare organization founded by Dr.

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (24 December 1891 – 18 December 1983) was the first Premier of West Bengal, India from 15 August 1947 to 14 August 1948. He also served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in the "Progressive Democratic Alliance Fron ...

, Dr. Suresh Bandyopadhyay,

Haripada Chattopadhyay Haripada Chattopadhyay (1897 – 11 November 1967) was an Indian politician, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Bengali revolutionary. Early life Chattopadhyay was born at Krishnanagar, Nadia. He was the maternal cousin of Bengali revolutio ...

and Dr. Nripen Basu in 1910 in

Comilla Comilla (; bn, কুমিল্লা, Kumillā, ), officially spelled Cumilla, is the fifth largest city of Bangladesh and second largest in Chittagong division. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District. The name Comilla wa ...

in the then

Eastern Bengal and Assam Eastern Bengal and Assam was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India between 1905 and 1912. Headquartered in the city of Dacca, it covered territories in what are now Bangladesh, Northeast India and Northern West Bengal. H ...

, in present-day

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. Initially named Savita Mission ( bn, সবিতা মিশন), it was rechristened to Abhay Ashram by

Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

in 1921.

History

Inspired by the ideals of the

Swadeshi Movement The Swadeshi movement was a self-sufficiency movement that was part of the Indian independence movement The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British rule in India. It ...

, the Savita Mission's primary objective was to empower the rural population though self-sufficiency, entrepreneurship and employment. It also aimed to make the women self-sufficient through weaving and other cottage industries. The Abhay Ashram later manufactured khadi, ''palibastra'', handmade paper and ''ghanir tel''. In 1940

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, Anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure ...

went at Dohar, Madhurchar-Malikanda village. Profulla Chondra Ghosh and Alam Madbar from Madhurchar village, donated 1.16 acre land at village Madhurchar. On that land Profulla Ghosh established a Hospital under care of Abay Ashram for free treatment consisted 100 beds. Between 1941 and 1945 the hospital was a centre for revolutionary activity connected with

Subhash Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperia ...

References

{{Reflist Social welfare charities Charities based in Bangladesh Organisations based in Comilla