Background
She was the daughter of a well-known Brahmo teacher, Beni Madhab Das and a social worker, Sarala Devi.
She was the daughter of a well-known Brahmo teacher, Beni Madhab Das and a social worker, Sarala Devi.
University of Calcutta. Bethune College.
She was a student of Saint John"s Diocesan Girls" Higher Secondary School. On 6 February 1932, she attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson, a former England cricket captain, in the Convocation Hall of the University of Calcutta. She fired five shots but failed and was sentenced to nine years of rigorous imprisonment.
After her early release in 1939, Das joined the Congress party.
In 1942, she participated in the Quit India movement and was imprisoned again from 1942-1945.
Bina Das was a member of Chhatri Sangha, a semi-revolutionary organisation for women in Kolkata. From 1946-1947, she was a member of the Bengal Provincial Legislative Assembly and, from 1947-1951, of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.