Latika Ghosh was the niece of Arubindo Ghosh. She started the Mahila Rashtriya Sangha (MRS) in Chittagong in the year 1928. The aim of the MRS was to fight for freedom through the mobilization women for political work. Mahila Rashtriya Sangha was started to organize women to resist the Simon Commission.
During the time of Lord Hastings, the Bengal Tenancy Act was passed in the year 1822. As per the act, the tenant enjoyed the hereditary right over the land with payment of rent.