Women in Power
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- 3. She agreed to an inter-caste marriage and demanded to be taught English after marriage
- 5. The only Muslim woman in the constituent assembly
- 6. She was the president of All India Women’s Conference and fought for property and inheritance rights for women
- 7. India’s first female chief minister
- 9. The only dalit woman in the constituent assembly
- 10. A close associate of Gandhiji, she founded AIIMS
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- 1. She was an Indian delegate at the UN Human Rights Commission and was responsible for a major change in phrasing of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 2. Along with her husband, she started the Utkal Congress Socialist Workers League
- 4. This Bengali freedom fighter, named by Rabindranath Tagore, took part in the Dandi March, Quit India movement and Individual Satyagraha
- 8. This Bengali activist started the Deepali Sangha for women