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	==Career==		==Career==
	Maydeo was actively involved in the [[Indian independence movement]] and was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). In 1933, she joined the Maharashtra division of [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]].<ref name="LS" /> She was the most prominent women member of the party in Pune (then in [[Bombay State]]) and when the [[Indian general election, 1951–52\|first general elections]] of independent India were held, the INC made her its official candidate for [[Pune (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Pune South]] constituency. Maydeo obtained roughly 64% of the votes cast and defeated the [[Socialist Party (India)\|Socialist Party]] candidate Shridhar Limaye to become the first women representative of Pune in the house.<ref name="IE">{{cite news\|title=1951: When Pune elected a woman — Indirabai Maydeo — to first Lok Sabha\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/1951-when-pune-elected-a-woman-indirabai-maydeo-to-first-lok-sabha/\|accessdate=20 November 2017\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=23 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=D.G.\|first=Supriya\|title=Vinita Deshmukh: From Journalism to Politics\|url=http://www.nripulse.com/vinita-deshmukh-from-journalism-to-politics/\|publisher=NRI Pulse\|date=16 January 2014\|accessdate=20 November 2017}}</ref> She still holds this record.<ref name="IE" /> As a [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]], she brought a bill in the Lok Sabha concerning divorce but it was not discussed and eventually lapsed.<ref name="Chopra1993">{{cite book\|last=Chopra\|first=Joginder Kumar\|title=Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjQ7zgQK9qcC&pg=PA35\|year=1993\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-7099-513-5\|page=56}}</ref> Maydeo became the president of [[National Students' Union of India]] in 1952.<ref name="LS" />		Maydeo was actively involved in the [[Indian independence movement]] and was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). In 1933, she joined the Maharashtra division of [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]].<ref name="LS" /> She was the most prominent women member of the party in Pune (then in [[Bombay State]]) and when the [[Indian general election, 1951–52\|first general elections]] of independent India were held, the INC made her its official candidate for [[Pune (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Pune South]] constituency. Maydeo obtained roughly 64% of the votes cast and defeated the [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)\|Socialist Party]] candidate Shridhar Limaye to become the first women representative of Pune in the house.<ref name="IE">{{cite news\|title=1951: When Pune elected a woman — Indirabai Maydeo — to first Lok Sabha\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/1951-when-pune-elected-a-woman-indirabai-maydeo-to-first-lok-sabha/\|accessdate=20 November 2017\|work=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=23 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=D.G.\|first=Supriya\|title=Vinita Deshmukh: From Journalism to Politics\|url=http://www.nripulse.com/vinita-deshmukh-from-journalism-to-politics/\|publisher=NRI Pulse\|date=16 January 2014\|accessdate=20 November 2017}}</ref> She still holds this record.<ref name="IE" /> As a [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]], she brought a bill in the Lok Sabha concerning divorce but it was not discussed and eventually lapsed.<ref name="Chopra1993">{{cite book\|last=Chopra\|first=Joginder Kumar\|title=Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjQ7zgQK9qcC&pg=PA35\|year=1993\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-7099-513-5\|page=56}}</ref> Maydeo became the president of [[National Students' Union of India]] in 1952.<ref name="LS" />
			[[File:ABMP.jpg\|thumb\|333x333px\|All India Women's Conference Meeting 1953. L-R: Mrs Indira Anant Maydeo (Secretary), Mrs Renuka Ray (President), Mrs Meherbeen Zhabwala (Treasurer)]]
			She then served as the secretary of the All India Women's Conference from 1953-1954.

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Indira Anant Maydeo
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| office = Member of the [[1st Lok Sabha]] for [[Pune (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pune South]]
| term_start = 1951
| term_end = 1957
| predecessor = ''New constituency''
| successor = [[Narayan Ganesh Gore]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1903|9|7}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''Indira Anant Maydeo''' was an Indian parliamentarian who represented [[Pune (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pune South]] in the [[1st Lok Sabha]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].

==Early life==
Born on 7 September 1903, Maydeo attended the [[Fergusson College]], from where she received her B.Sc. degree.<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Maydeo, Shrimati Indira Anant|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/844.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=20 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Maydeo was actively involved in the [[Indian independence movement]] and was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). In 1933, she joined the Maharashtra division of [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]].<ref name="LS" /> She was the most prominent women member of the party in Pune (then in [[Bombay State]]) and when the [[Indian general election, 1951–52|first general elections]] of independent India were held, the INC made her its official candidate for [[Pune (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pune South]] constituency. Maydeo obtained roughly 64% of the votes cast and defeated the [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]] candidate Shridhar Limaye to become the first women representative of Pune in the house.<ref name="IE">{{cite news|title=1951: When Pune elected a woman — Indirabai Maydeo — to first Lok Sabha|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/1951-when-pune-elected-a-woman-indirabai-maydeo-to-first-lok-sabha/|accessdate=20 November 2017|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=23 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=D.G.|first=Supriya|title=Vinita Deshmukh: From Journalism to Politics|url=http://www.nripulse.com/vinita-deshmukh-from-journalism-to-politics/|publisher=NRI Pulse|date=16 January 2014|accessdate=20 November 2017}}</ref> She still holds this record.<ref name="IE" /> As a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], she brought a bill in the Lok Sabha concerning divorce but it was not discussed and eventually lapsed.<ref name="Chopra1993">{{cite book|last=Chopra|first=Joginder Kumar|title=Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjQ7zgQK9qcC&pg=PA35|year=1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-513-5|page=56}}</ref> Maydeo became the president of [[National Students' Union of India]] in 1952.<ref name="LS" />

==Personal life==
Indira married Anant Govind Maydeo in 1927, from whom she had one son and three daughters.<ref name="LS" />

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[[Category:1st Lok Sabha members]]
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Fergusson College alumni]]
[[Category:Politicians from Pune]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Maharashtra]]