Purnima Banerjee (née Ganguly, 1911-1951) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist and a member of the

Constituent Assembly of India Constituent Assembly of India was partly elected and partly nominated body to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the Provincial assemblies of British India following the Provincial Assembly elections held in 1946 and nominated ...

from 1946 to 1950.

Early life and career

She was the younger sister of independence activist and educator Aruna Asaf Ali. Their father Upendranath Ganguly was a restaurant owner who hailed from

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of Eastern

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(now

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) but settled in United Provinces. Her mother Ambalika Devi was the daughter of

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scholar

Trailokyanath Sanyal Trailokyanath is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Trailokyanath Sanyal (1848–1915), Brahmo missionary * Trailokyanath Chakravarty (1889–1970), Indian revolutionary and politician {{Short pages monitor