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<p>New Basic Details From Scratch.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian social activist}}<br /> {{Multiple issues|<br /> {{Orphan|date=November 2022}}<br /> {{no footnotes|date=December 2021}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Gunabai Ramchandra Gadekar&#039;&#039;&#039; (1906–1975) was an Indian [[social activist]], freedom fighter and one of the early women leaders of the depressed classes in 20th century. Under the leadership of Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]], she presided over the women council of All India Depressed Classes Association twice in 1930 and 1936.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=आंबेडकरी चळवळीतील दुर्लक्षित महानायिका |url=https://www.loksatta.com/sampadkiya/features/savitribai-borade-and-gunabai-gadekar-neglected-in-ambedkar-movement-zws-70-3585386/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Loksatta |language=mr}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Early life ==<br /> Gunabai was born in 1906 in an erstwhile &#039;untouchable&#039; [[Chamar]] family. She started her primary education as a child, but was married at the age of 12. Her husband died the same year and she continued with her education after his death. In 1930, she married Ramchandra Gadekar.<br /> <br /> She was one of the earliest women from depressed classes to get formal education and went on to become first female headmaster from the community. She strongly advocated for women education and boarding facilities for women.<br /> <br /> Gunabai also worked closely with [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]] and contested election as a member of [[Indian National Congress]] in 1957. She published her memoir by name &#039;&#039;Smritigandh (स्मृतिगंध)&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> She died at the age of 69 in [[Mumbai]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ===Sources===<br /> *{{cite encyclopedia |title= गुणाबाई रामचंद्र गाडेकर |encyclopedia= मराठी विश्वकोश |year= 2020 |last= Savarkar |first= Sunita |location= Mumbai |url= https://marathivishwakosh.org/37980/ |access-date= 2021-12-04 |lang=marathi}}<br /> *{{cite book |last=Gadekar |first=Gunabai |location=Pune |publisher=Meherchandra Prakashan |language=marathi |year=1992 |title=Smrutigandha}}<br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Gadekar, Gunabai}}<br /> [[Category:1906 births]]<br /> [[Category:1975 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Dalit women writers]]<br /> [[Category:Dalit writers]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian writers]]<br /> [[Category:Indian women memoirists]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian memoirists]]<br /> {{India-writer-stub}}</div>

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