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Download Solution PDFWho was the founder of the Andhra Mahila Sabha?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Durgabhai Deshmukh.
Key Points
- Durgabhai Deshmukh was the founder of the Andhra Mahila Sabha.
- She was popularly known as “Iron Lady”.
- She organized Salt Satyagrah during the Civil disobedience movement in Madras and was imprisoned.
- She was the founder of AMS (Andhra Mahila Sabha) institutions and other important social welfare organizations. he, with the help of two other prominent nationalists (A. K. Prakasam and Desodharaka Nageswararao), started the movement in Madras.
- She was arrested and imprisoned for her involvement in a movement that had been banned.
- She also edited a journal known as Andhra Mahila and inspired women to rebel against meaningless social constraints imposed on them.
- She was a member of the Constituent Assembly.
- She was awarded the Tamrapatra and Paul Hoffman Award after independence in recognition of her service to society.
Additional Information
- Sarojini Naidu:
- Popularly known as the “Nightingale of India”, was a nationalist and poetess.
- She was married to Dr. Govindarajulu Naidu in 1898.
- Under the guidance of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, she became the first woman to participate in India's struggle for independence.
- She participated in the Dandi March with Gandhiji and presided over the Kanpur Session of Congress in 1925.
- She was the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh State.
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