Ashalata Boidda

1956 -

Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2005:

"I do not waste time, ever. I did not waste even an hour in my whole student life for any boyfriend. I did not even get married. I believe in hard work and sacrifice."

Ashalata Boidda

Surjomukhi Social Welfare Sanstha

Ashalata Boidda (born 1956) is one of Bangladesh's best-known freedom-fighters. She joined the freedom struggle of 1971 against Pakistan when she was only 15 years old and went on to lead the women's guerrilla corps. After she completed her studies-suspended until her country won independence-she set up the Surjomukhi Social Welfare Sanstha. Surjomukhi.