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'''Queenie H. C. Captain''' was an Indian social worker known for her contributions to the welfare of the visually impaired people in India.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} She was the co-founder{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and the president of the ''National Association for the Blind'', the largest [[non governmental organization]] for the blind people in India, from 1961 to 1972.<ref name="National Association for the Blind">{{cite web | url=http://ngogateway.com/corporate-social-responsibility/national-association-for-the-blind/ | title=National Association for the Blind | publisher=NGO Gateway | date=2015 | access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref> She also served as the vice president and the chairperson of the finance raising committee of the organization.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=http://www.nabindia.org/resources/ | title=History | publisher=NAB | date=2015 | access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref> She was one of the organizers of the World Assembly of the [[World Council for the Welfare of the Blind]] held in New Delhi in 1969<ref name="Proceedings of the World Assembly">{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofwor1969unse/proceedingsofwor1969unse_djvu.txt | title=Proceedings of the World Assembly | publisher=World Council for the Welfare of the Blind | date=1969 | access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref> and was the leader of the Indian delegation to the Quin-quennial Conference of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind at Rome in 1959.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The [[Government of India]] awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1974.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

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* [[World Council for the Welfare of the Blind]]
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