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'''Doddamane Mahadevi Hegde''' (Mahadevi Tai) was an Indian freedom activist. She was born in 1906, and she was the cousin of the former Chief Minister of Karnataka late Ramakrishna Hegde. A child widow, she was the daughter of Doddamane Krishnaiah Subbaiah Hegde of [[Siddapura taluk|Siddapura]] taluk in [[Uttara Kannada]] district, whose family is well known for its sacrifices during the [[Indian Freedom Movement]] in Bombay Karnataka. Plunging into the Freedom Movement in 1930, she joined [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s ashram at Wardah. She was a close associate of [[Vinobha Bhave|Acharya Vinobha Bhave]] and [[Jamnalal Bajaj]].<br />
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Mahadevi Tai, as she was called, joined the Indian National Congress and later the Sarvodaya Movement run by [[Vinoba Bhave|Acharya Vinobha Bhave]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011306771100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224145421/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/01/13/stories/2004011306771100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-12-24|title=Hegde, a multifaceted personality|last=bggru|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-01-13|access-date=2017-08-19}}</ref><br />
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Mahadevi Tai went to jail three times during the freedom struggle. She is the founder of the [http://www.vallabhniketan.blogspot.com Vishwaneedam Trust and the Vallabh Niketan] in Bangalore, one of the Six Ashrams of Acharya Vinoba Bhave.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ramakrishnahegdevedike.org/8th-year-punyaradhana-of-mahadevi-tai/|title=8th year Punyaradhana of Mahadevi Tai {{!}} Ramakrishna Hegde Rashtriya Chintana Vedike|website=ramakrishnahegdevedike.org|access-date=2017-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128073249/http://ramakrishnahegdevedike.org/8th-year-punyaradhana-of-mahadevi-tai/|archive-date=28 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.gandhibhavanbangalore.blogspot.com www.gandhibhavanbangalore.blogspot.com]<br />
* [http://www.vallabhniketan.blogspot.com www.vallabhniketan.blogspot.com]<br />
* [http://www.letsdosomethinking.blogspot.com www.letsdosomethinking.blogspot.com]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
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