CHANDRAPRABHA SAIKIANI
1. Answer the following questions from the lesson to check your comprehension:
a) Who was Chandraprabha Saikiani?
Answer:-Chandraprabha Saikiani was a renowned social reformer from Assam, who fought to make formal education available for girls.
b) What did Chandraprabha do to educate the girls of her village?
Answer:- When Chandraprabha Saikiani was studying in school she gathered other girls of her village and taught them what she learnt at school.
c) Which two incidents show us how Chandraprabha fought for the rights of girls?
Answer:-Chandraprabha Saikiani has done many great things for our society and the girls. Among two of them were-
(i) She fought for the rights of girls. In those days girls weren’t admitted into the hostel. She compelled the authorities to allow all girls of all religions to avail the hostel facility.
(ii) In 1925, In assam sahitya sabha, she delivered a very powerful speech and demanded the removal of the bamboo screen that was placed between men and women.
d) On what occasion did Chandraprabha Saikiani inspire women to come out from behind the bamboo screen?
Answer:-Chandraprabha Saikiani gave a very powerful speech and demanded the removal of the bamboo screen in the Assam Sahitya Sabha session held in 1925 at Nagaon district.
e) What steps did Chandraprabha take to eliminate the caste system?
Answer:- Chandraprabha was greatly affected by the deep rooted caste system in india. So, She fought for the entry of everyone irrespective of caste, gender and class, into the famous Hayagriva Madhab temple in Hajo.
e) What was Chandraprabha Saikiani’s role in the freedom movement of India?
Answer:- She was greatly inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement so she spread the message of Khadi, boycott of foreign cloths, removal of untouchability, banning of opium and other social evils.
2) Work in pairs and complete the following sentences with information from the lesson:
Ans: a) At a time when society did not allow young girls to step out of home, she fought for the rights of girls.
b) In those days girls’ schools did not exist, so Chandraprabha Saikiani went to the boys’ school and after school she taught other girls in her village what she learnt at school.
c) Chandraprabha and her sister were awarded a scholarship to study in Nagaon Mission School.
d) In order to eliminate the evils of the caste system, Chandraprabha fought for the entry of every one, irrespective of caste, gender and class, into the famous Hayagriva Madhava temple at Hajo.
e) Being inspired by mahatma Gandhi, Chandraprabha joined the freedom movement and
spread the message of khadi, boycott of foreign cloths, removal of
untouchability, banning of opium and other social evils.
3. Read the following sentences and find a word from the text to replace the underlined part.
a) Chandraprabha Saikiani was a famous and respected social worker from Assam.
Answer:- renowned
b) She tried to get of all the cultural or religious restrictions against women that prevailed during those days.
Answer:- taboos
c) Chandraprabha refused to accept and questioned the prevailing custom of women sitting behind bamboo screens in public meetings.
Answer:- Challenged
(d) She was strong in her attitude against society’s restriction and her protest against the norms of society was not confirmed to a particular incident.
Answer:- staunchly
d) Whenever she saw any injustice, her desire to resist authority rose to the occasion.
Answer:- rebellious spirit
4) Listen to your teacher read out the first paragraph of
the lesson. As you listen, complete the table below with information about
Chandraprabha Saikiani:
Answer:-Chandraprabha Saikiani---- A renowned social reformer from Assam.
Birth------- 16 March 1901
Father------- Ratiram Mazumdar
Mother------- Gangapriya
Sister------- Rajaniprabha Saikia
School------ A school which only had boys.
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