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in 1932, and served as the director of the college until her retirement in 1947. An existing building on the grounds of Lady Irwin
College is named after Hannah Sen. During riots in Delhi while the Partition of India was underway, she opened the grounds of the Lady Irwin College to shelter Muslim and
175:, with a first class distinction in both degrees. Sen took up several teaching appointments after completing her education, teaching at the Jewish Girls' School in Calcutta, where her sister Regina Guha was the principal, and later becoming the principal of a girls' school in Mumbai in 1922.
246:'s photography of the funeral. Sen escorted Bourke-White from the funeral and requested her to refrain from using flash photography to prevent disruption of the funeral. Bourke-White did not honor Sen's request, and was eventually required to leave the funeral.
155:, also trained as a lawyer, and fought the first case in India to allow women to enroll as lawyers. In 1925, Hannah married Satish Chandra Sen, a radiologist from Mumbai. They had one daughter, Shanta, who was educated in India and later at
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After her retirement from teaching, Sen also participated in international feminist organizations and initiatives. She was an observer at the All India
Conference of Social Work in New York, 1948, and represented Indian interests at the
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and from 1951 to 1952 served as its president. Sen was an associate of several leaders in the Indian independence movement, and was closely involved with the organisation and planning of the funeral of
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In 1948, Sen was part of a committee constituted to advise the
Government of India on the improvement of secondary education in the country. Between 1952 and 1957, she was a member of the first
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in Paris, 1951. Sen was also closely involved with the Jewish community in Delhi, and donated funds for the establishment of a synagogue in Delhi.
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