Vimla Dang was an Indian social worker and politician, known for propounding the Dang school of Politics, reportedly a stream of politics adhering to the values of integrity and honesty.
11 Facts About Vimla Dang
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Vimla Dang was a leader of the Communist Party of India and a Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly representing Amritsar West constituency.
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Vimla Dang, nee Vimla Bakaya, was born on 26 December 1926 in a Kashmiri family at Lahore in the British India and did her early education in the local schools.
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Vimla Dang was involved with student politics early on when she became a member of the Lahore Students' Union.
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Vimla Dang's graduation was at Wilson College, Mumbai during which time she continued her involvement in student politics.
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Vimla Dang was a part of the All India Students Federation delegation which visited the state and engaged in the relief activities of the Bengal famine of 1943.
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Vimla Dang attended the first Party Congress of the Communist Party of India held in Bombay in 1943.
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The couple headed the Municipal Council of the town several times, Vimla Dang holding the post of the president of the Chhehrata Municipal Committee from 1968 till 1978 and is credited with transforming the town into a model town in Punjab.
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Vimla Dang was an office bearer of National Federation of Indian Women and served as a member of the National Council of the Communist Party of India till her voluntary retirement from the Council due to old age.
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Vimla and Satpal Dang lived in the Party office and had no children, by their own choice.
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Vimla Dang fell ill on the International Workers' Day of 2009, after participating in the flag hoisting ceremony at the Party's Chheharta office and died ten days later, on 10 May 2009, at the age of 83, her husband surviving her for another four years.