 Saroj Nalini Dutt, who became an eminent Social Worker in her own right, was inspired by Gurusaday to start Mahila Samitis (Women's Institutes) as early as 1913, at Pabna district in British India, where he was then the District Magistrate.In 1918, Gurusaday started the first Rural Reconstruction Movement in India in Birbhum.He then extended the movement to several districts where he was subsequently posted, like Bankura, Howrah and Mymensingh.