Lolita Roy

[3] Writing of their presence on the march many years later, Indian politician Sushama Sen recalled:At this time the Women’s Suffragette movement who were fighting for their votes, was at its height.

[5] In 1912 and 1913, Roy assisted in the production of several Indian plays staged in London and Cambridge, offering advice and helping performers with traditional clothing such as turbans and saris.

This included petitioning the British government, taking part in a deputation to the secretary of state for India, attending a meeting at the House of Commons, and public speaking in support of the Indian women's suffrage.

Throughout the 1920s she continued to work for suffrage in India, including through the All-India Women's Conference[1] Lolita Roy's death date is unknown.

[7] Dr. Sumita Mukherjee, a historian of the British Empire and the Indian Subcontinent,[8] has sought to challenge 'pre-existing ideas surrounding the suffrage movement particularly in relation to the public commemoration in 2018 of the Centenary of the Representation of the People Act which, in 1918, gave some women the right to vote in the UK'.

[7] In April 2018, a plinth was erected underneath the Millicent Fawcett statue in Parliament Square, which featured the images of two women of Indian origin: the Norfolk-born goddaughter of Queen Victoria,[4] Sophia Duleep Singh, and Lolita Roy.

[7] In the same year, an exhibition was staged at Hammersmith Town Hall featuring an artwork celebrating Roy's work in the suffrage movement.