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An active participant in the Indian independence movement, she is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan, Bombay during the Quit India Movement in 1942. Post-independence, she remained active in politics, becoming Delhi's first Mayor. [36]
Annapurna Choudhury (Maharana 3 November 1917 – 31 December 2012) was an India pro-independence activist active in the Indian independence movement. She was also a prominent social and women's rights activist. [1] Maharana was a close ally of Mahatma Gandhi. [2]
Pritilata Waddedar (5 May 1911 – 24 September 1932) [1] [2] was an Indian revolutionary nationalist who was influential in the Indian independence movement. [3] [4] After completing her education in Chattogram (formerly Chittagong) and Dhaka (formerly Dacca), she attended Bethune College in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).
It includes independence activists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Women Indian independence activists" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.
There are only three national holidays declared by Government of India: Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October). Apart from this, certain holidays which are celebrated nationally are declared centrally by the Union Government.
Following India's independence from the British rule in 1947, Naidu was appointed the governor of the United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh), making her India's first woman governor. She remained in office until her death in March 1949 (aged 70).
She was arrested several times (in 1921, 1930, 1936, 1942) with other women independence activists like Sarala Devi, Malati Choudhury and others and was sent to jail. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 4 ] She attended the 1931 Karachi session of the Indian National Congress and, at that time, requested leaders to hold the next session in Orissa. [ 4 ]
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (née Swarup Nehru; [2] 18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and politician. She served as the 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1953 to 1954, the first woman and the only Indian to have been appointed to this post.