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'''Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah''', popularly known as '''Miss Mehmooda''', was an Indian educationist, social activist and the principal of [[Government College for Women, M.A. Road Srinagar]].<ref name="The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNjiAwAAQBAJ&q=Mehmooda+Ali+Shah&pg=PA36 | title=The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan | author=Nyla Ali Khan, Gopalkrishan Gandh | year=2014 | pages=36 of 160 | isbn=9781137463296}}</ref> She was a close friend and associate of [[Indira Gandhi]] and is reported to have worked for creating awareness among the women of Kashmir about the importance of education and for their social empowerment.<ref name="PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah">{{cite web | url=http://www.scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=36350 | title=PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah | publisher=Scoop News | date=11 March 2014 | accessdate=10 December 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2006, for her contributions to Indian education.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref> | '''Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah''' (1920-2014), popularly known as '''Miss Mehmooda''', was an Indian educationist, social activist and the principal of [[Government College for Women, M.A. Road Srinagar]].<ref name="The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNjiAwAAQBAJ&q=Mehmooda+Ali+Shah&pg=PA36 | title=The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accommodation | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan | author=Nyla Ali Khan, Gopalkrishan Gandh | year=2014 | pages=36 of 160 | isbn=9781137463296}}</ref> She was a close friend and associate of [[Indira Gandhi]] and is reported to have worked for creating awareness among the women of Kashmir about the importance of education and for their social empowerment.<ref name="PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah">{{cite web | url=http://www.scoopnews.in/det.aspx?q=36350 | title=PDP condoles death of Ms Mehmooda Ahmad Ali Shah | publisher=Scoop News | date=11 March 2014 | accessdate=10 December 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2006, for her contributions to Indian education.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref> | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||