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Posted 04 Apr 2024

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  • Recently, she was remembered on her birth anniversary.

 

  • About Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903 – 1988)
    • Born in Mangalore, she was a freedom fighter, social reformer, art enthusiast and politician. 

 

  • Key Contributions:
    • Played a key role in All India Women’s Conference (AIWC).
    • First woman to run for a legislative seat in India, in the Madras provincial elections.
    • She convinced Mahatma Gandhi to give women equal opportunity in Salt Satyagraha of 1930.
    • She joined Seva Dal and trained women activists.
    • In 1936, she became President of Congress Socialist Party.

 

  • Values: Courage, Patriotism, Leadership, Justice, etc.

 

  • Tags :
  • Salt Satyagraha
  • Freedom fighter
  • Congress Socialist Party
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