1. Durgabai Deshmukh was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician.
28 Facts About Durgabai Deshmukh
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Durgabai Deshmukh was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and of the Planning Commission of India.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was the founder chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board.
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Durgabai Deshmukh Gummididala was born on 15 July, 1909 into a Vaidiki Brahmin family from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, British India.
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Durgabai Deshmukh refused to live with him after her maturation, and her father and brother supported her decision.
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Durgabai Deshmukh had a daughter from a previous marriage but the couple remained otherwise childless.
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Durgabai Deshmukh authored a book called The Stone That Speaketh.
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From her early years, Durgabai Deshmukh had been associated with Indian politics.
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Durgabai Deshmukh later started the Balika Hindi Paathshala in Rajamundry to promote Hindi education for girls.
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Durgabai Deshmukh's responsibility was to ensure that visitors without tickets didn't enter.
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Durgabai Deshmukh fulfilled the responsibility given to her honestly and even forbade Jawaharlal Nehru from entering.
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Durgabai Deshmukh allowed Nehru in only after the organisers bought a ticket for him.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi in India's struggle for freedom from the British Raj.
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Durgabai Deshmukh never wore jewellery or cosmetics, and she was a satyagrahi.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was a prominent social reformer who participated in Gandhi-led Salt Satyagraha activities during the Civil Disobedience Movement.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was instrumental in organising women satyagrahis in the movement.
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Durgabai Deshmukh went on to obtain her law degree from Madras University in 1942, and started practicing as an advocate in Madras High Court.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was the only woman in the panel of chairmen in the Constituent Assembly.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was instrumental in the enactment of many social welfare laws.
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Durgabai Deshmukh failed to get elected to Parliament in 1952, and was later nominated to be a member of the Planning Commission.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was the first to emphasise the need to set up separate Family Courts after studying the same during her visit to China in 1953.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was the first chairperson of the National Council on Women's Education, established by the Government of India in 1958.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was then elected to the Constituent Assembly from the Madras Province.
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Durgabai Deshmukh was the only woman in the panel of chairmen in the Constituent Assembly.
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Durgabai Deshmukh proposed Hindustani as the national language of India but expressed fear about the forceful campaign for Hindi in South India.
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Durgabai Deshmukh proposed a period of fifteen years of status quo to enable all the non-Hindi speakers to adopt and learn Hindi.
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Andhra Education Society was founded in 1948 by Dr Durgabai Deshmukh to serve the educational needs of Telugu children residing in Delhi.