Asha Sen, a well-known freedom fighter and a member of the Rani Jhansi Regiment, the women s unit of the Indian National Army (INA), also known as the Azad Hind Fauj formed under the leadership of Subhash Chandra Bose, says that at that time .
Das was a part of the Non-Cooperation Movement led by Mahatama Gandhi during which Das, his wife and his son were jailed for six months for participating in the movement in 1921.