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Durgabai Deshmukh was then elected to the Constituent Assembly from the Madras Province. She was the only woman in the panel of chairmen in the Constituent Assembly. She proposed Hindustani (Hindi+Urdu) as the national language of India but also expressed fear about the forceful campaign for Hindi in South India. [ 16 ]
Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh was a freedom fighter and one of the most prominent leaders from South India.When she came to Delhi as a member of Constituent Assembly in 1947, she strongly felt the need for having proper education facilities for Telugu-speaking children in Delhi. as the language was becoming extinct
Deshmukh (IAST:Dēśamukh) is a historical title conferred to the rulers of a Dēśamukhi. It is used as a surname in certain regions of India, especially in the states of Maharashtra , Karnataka and Telangana and also in Andhra Pradesh and northern parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat , Goa whose family received it as a title.
Deshmukh married Rosina Arthur Wilcox in 1920 with whom he had a daughter, Primrose. [69] After Rosina's death in 1949, Deshmukh married Durgabai in 1953 and they were married until her death in 1981. Chintaman and I is her memoir published in 1980. [70] In 1974, he published his autobiography The Course of My Life. [71]
Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital and Research Centre is a multispeciality hospital in Vidyanagar, Hyderabad in Telangana. Veteran freedom fighter Durgabai Deshmukh [1] started it as a nursing home with 15 beds in 1962 with the objective to serve the poor. It has grown into a full-fledged hospital with more than 200 beds.
Sri Venkateswara College came into being through the vision of Durgabai Deshmukh, K. L. Rao and C. Anna Rao in 1961. Initially starting off as a BA pass college, it began by offering B.A. courses in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit. Within few years of acquiring its new campus, and led by its principal V Krishnamoorthy, the college introduced ...
Stampede broke out after crowds pushed forward to get a glimpse of the male lead who visited the theatre for the screening
The Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus metro station is located on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. It was constructed under Phase III of Delhi Metro's expansion. [1] An interchange facility is also available with Dhaula Kuan metro station on the Airport Express Line. The foot-over bridge, which opened on 9 February 2019, connects both stations ...