Related Research Articles
Varahagiri Venkata Giri,better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian politician and activist who served as the president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He also served as the vice president of India from 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969. He was the first president to be elected as an independent candidate. He was succeeded by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as president in 1974. After the end of his full term,Giri was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975. Giri died on 24 June 1980.
The Government of India is the national authority of the Republic of India,located in South Asia,consisting of 36 states and union territories. The government is led by the President of India who exercises the most executive power and selects the Prime Minister of India and other Ministers for aid and advice. The country has been legislated by a NDA-led legislature since 2014. The prime minister and their senior ministers belong to the Union Council of Ministers—its executive decision-making committee being the cabinet.
Rukmini Devi Arundale was an Indian theosophist,dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam,and an activist for animal welfare.
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is an Indian sports administrator and retired track and field athlete. Usha was born in Koothali near Perambra in Kozhikode district,Kerala. She grew up in Payyoli. Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She has won 4 gold medals and 7 silver medals in the Asian Games. She is often associated as the "Queen of Indian track and field".
Paramasivan Subbarayan was an Indian politician,freedom fighter and diplomat and was the First Minister of Madras Presidency,India's ambassador to Indonesia and Union Minister of Transport and Communications in Jawaharlal Nehru's government. He was the father of General P. P. Kumaramangalam,who served as India's Chief of Army staff,and of politician Mohan Kumaramangalam. He was also the grandfather of INC and BJP politician and Union Minister Rangarajan Kumaramangalam.
Shobhana Bhartia is an Indian businesswoman. She is the chairperson and editorial director of the HT Media,one of India's largest newspapers and media houses,which she inherited from her father. She has also recently taken charge as the Chancellor BITS School of Management and Pro-Chancellor of BITS-Pilani which was founded by her grandfather G. D. Birla and is the current chairperson of Endeavor India.
Tiruppur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar was an Indian lawyer,politician,freedom fighter and Gandhian. He served as the Education Minister of Madras Presidency from 1946 to 1949 and was responsible for introducing Tamil as the medium of instruction. He is also credited with having commissioned the creation of the first Tamil encyclopedia.
Queen Mary's College is a government-run college in Chennai,India. Established in 1914,it is the first women's college in the city and the third oldest women's college in India and second-oldest in South India after Sarah Tucker College. The college is located on junction of Kamarajar Salai and Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai facing the Marina Beach.
Maniben Patel was an Indian independence movement activist and a Member of the Indian parliament. She was the daughter of freedom fighter and post-Independence Indian leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Educated in Bombay,Patel adopted the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi in 1918,and started working regularly at his ashram in Ahmedabad.
Benegal Shiva Rao was an Indian journalist and politician. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and an elected representative of the South Kanara constituency in the First Lok Sabha. He was the correspondent of The Hindu and then of the Manchester Guardian. He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1957 - 1960 and a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.
Dr Phulrenu Guha was an Indian activist,educationist and politician,belonging to the Indian National Congress. She was a member of the Rajya Sabha the Upper house of Indian Parliament from April 1964 to April 1970 from West Bengal. She was the Minister for Social Welfare in the Indira Gandhi Ministry from 1967 to 1969. She was elected to the Lok Sabha the Lower house of Indian Parliament from Contai constituency,West Bengal in 1984. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1977.
Rajani Ashokrao Patil is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress Party,she is the All India Congress Committee In-charge for Jammu &Kashmir. She is a Member of Parliament,representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament. She was awarded the Best debut Parliamentarian award for her performance in the Rajya Sabha. She was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha from Beed in the 11th Lok Sabha. In 2005,she was elected as the Chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board. She represented India at the 49th session of the UN Commission on the status of women at the UN headquarters in New York. She was a student political leader in college in the National Students Union of India (NSUI). She started her career in electoral politics by getting elected to the Zilla Parishad unopposed in 1992.
Pushpalata Das (1915–2003) was an Indian independence activist,social worker,Gandhian and legislator from the north-east Indian state of Assam. She was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1951 to 1961,a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and a member of the working committee of the Indian National Congress. She served as the chairperson of the Assam chapters of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust and Khadi and Village Industries Commission. The Government of India awarded her the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan,in 1999,for her contributions to society.
Bharati Ray is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Rajya Sabha the Upper house of Indian Parliament from West Bengal as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Devaki Gopidas (1918-1973) was an Indian politician from Kerala. She was a Member of Parliament,representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress from 1962 - 1968.
Usha Malhotra is an Indian politician. She was a Member of Parliament,representing Himachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Mona Hensman MBE,born Mona Mitter,was an Indian educator,feminist,and politician. She was a Member of Parliament,representing Madras State in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of India's Parliament,as a member of the Indian National Congress. She was the first Women whip in Indian Parliament. She was the Principal of Ethiraj College for Women from 1953 to 1960.
Mangla Devi Talwar was an Indian politician. She was a Member of Parliament,representing Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Shyamkumari Devi was an Indian politician. She was a Member of Parliament,representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament representing the Indian National Congress.
Shanti Pahadia was an Indian politician.
References
- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ S. Vats; Shakuntala Mudgal (1998). Development of women in modern India. Om Publications. p. 122. ISBN 978-81-86867-01-3 . Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ Radha Krishna Sharma (1981). Nationalism, Social Reform and Indian Women: A Study of the Interaction Between Our National Movement and the Movement of Social Reform Among Indian Women, 1921-1937. Janaki Prakashan. p. 92. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ Sport & Pastime. 1964. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ Monica Felton (2003). A Child Widow's Story. Katha. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-81-87649-91-5 . Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "PRINCIPAL'S LIST QUEEN MARY'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI-4". Queen Mary's college. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
 | This article about an Indian National Congress politician from Tamil Nadu is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |