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    Personality: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

    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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