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12 Facts About Satyavati Devi

1.

Satyavati Devi was a participant in Indian independence movement.

2.

Satyavati Devi was considered to be the Joan of Arc of India.

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Satyavati Devi was the granddaughter of Swami Shraddhanand, and the daughter of advocate Dhani Ram and Ved Kumari.

4.

Satyavati Devi married an officer of the Delhi Cloth Mills.

5.

Aruna Asaf Ali credits Satyavati Devi with motivating her to join the nationalist movement.

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Satyavati Devi undertook social work among mill workers at textile mills in Gwalior and Delhi.

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Satyavati Devi founded the Congress Mahila Samaj and Congress Desh Sevika Dal and she co-founded the Congress Socialist Party.

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8.

Satyavati Devi took an active part in civil disobedience movement.

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Satyavati Devi organised the breaking of the Salt Law in Delhi where she and a group of volunteers manufactured and distributed packets of illegal salt to people gathered there.

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Satyavati Devi was arrested by the police and was sentenced to two years imprisonment in 1932.

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Satyavati Devi died in 1945 at the age of 39 from tuberculosis.

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One of the pieces written by Satyavati Devi, titled 'Bahin Satyavati Ka Jail Sandesh' goes as follows:.