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Breast To Breast And Shoulder To Shoulder, The Women Of India Have Fought Valiantly In The Roughest And Toughest Struggle For National Honour And Independence From Centuries Immemorial, Sword In Hand, They Have Fought Afoot And On Horseback In The Thickest Of The Battle. The Sacrifices Of The Women S Form A Golden Page Of Indian History. There Are Few Works Of Women S Participation In The Nationalist Movement. Important Studies On The National Movement Mostly Lack Proper Examination Of Women S Participation In The Freedom Struggle.Contributions Of The Workers, Peasants And Even Tribal Have Now Found Adequate Coverage In The Nationalist Historiography. But One Searches In Vain For Proper Study Of Women S Participation In Nationalist Historiography. It Is Time To Examine This Subject And Its Contribution To The Freedom Movement In Proper Historical Perspective. A Study Of The Women Covered In This Series Brings To Light Very Clearly That Without Participation Of Women Our Struggle Would Have Lacked Its Full Vigour. There Were Quite A Few Aspects Of The Struggle Which Women Could Successfully Manage Where Man Would Have Failed. Some Of The Great Leaders Like Mahatma Gandhi Have Paid Glowing Tributes To The Women And Their Contribution To The Freedom Struggle. This Study We, Therefore, Hope Will Be A Tribute To The Immense Work That These Great Women Have Accomplished. We Hope That It Would Serve As Repository Not Only To Historians, Teachers, Students, Researchers And Administrators But Also To The Masses.