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'''Devaki Gopidas''' was an Indian politician from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Is CPI paying mere lip service to gender equality?|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2019/03/08/cpi-gender-equality-women-candidates.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref> She was a [[Member of Parliament]], representing [[Kerala]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India|India's Parliament]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] from 1962 - 1968.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf| title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/Women_Members_Rajya%20Sabha.pdf | title=Women Members of Rajya Sabha | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=22 November 2017 | pages=145}}</ref><ref name="Chopra1993">{{cite book|author=Joginder Kumar Chopra|title=Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjQ7zgQK9qcC&pg=PA470|accessdate=23 November 2017|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-513-5|pages=470–}}</ref><ref name="Sabha">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha|title=Parliamentary Debate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VSYfAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=23 November 2017|page=3879}}</ref>
'''Devaki Gopidas''' (1918-1973) was an Indian politician from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Is CPI paying mere lip service to gender equality?|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2019/03/08/cpi-gender-equality-women-candidates.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref> She was a [[Member of Parliament]], representing [[Kerala]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India|India's Parliament]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] from 1962 - 1968.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf| title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/publication_electronic/Women_Members_Rajya%20Sabha.pdf | title=Women Members of Rajya Sabha | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=22 November 2017 | pages=145}}</ref><ref name="Chopra1993">{{cite book|author=Joginder Kumar Chopra|title=Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjQ7zgQK9qcC&pg=PA470|accessdate=23 November 2017|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-513-5|pages=470–}}</ref><ref name="Sabha">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha|title=Parliamentary Debate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VSYfAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=23 November 2017|page=3879}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
She was born in an [[Ezhava]] family at Karappuzha, [[Kottayam district]] on 10 May 1918 to Arangaserry Narayanan and T K Narayani.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sadasivan|first=S. N.|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&pg=PA666&lpg=PA666&dq=devaki+gopidas+c+kesavan&source=bl&ots=9m3uNfjjxp&sig=ACfU3U0MXOJDTuX6SjupiPMNRNV8biZ-UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiaqLuT3PnxAhWn8XMBHZ7gB3IQ6AEwBHoECBcQAg#v=onepage&q=devaki%20gopidas%20c%20kesavan&f=false|title=A Social History of India|date=2000|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-170-0|language=en}}</ref>
She was born in an [[Ezhava]] family at Karappuzha, [[Kottayam district]] on 10 May 1918 to Arangaserry Narayanan and T K Narayani.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sadasivan|first=S. N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&dq=devaki+gopidas+c+kesavan&pg=PA666|title=A Social History of India|date=2000|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-170-0|language=en}}</ref>


She married Gopidas from Vezhapra and settled in [[Kolkata]].
She married Gopidas from Vezhapra and settled in [[Kolkata]].

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Devaki Gopidas
Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
In office
1962–1968
ConstituencyKerala
Personal details
Born1918
Died1973
Political partyIndian National Congress

Devaki Gopidas (1918-1973) was an Indian politician from Kerala.[1] She was a Member of Parliament, representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress from 1962 - 1968.[2][3][4][5]

Education[edit | edit source]

She completed schooling from Kottayam and college education from Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. She entered into Congress politics in college. Later she studied law from Kolkata.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

She was born in an Ezhava family at Karappuzha, Kottayam district on 10 May 1918 to Arangaserry Narayanan and T K Narayani.[6]

She married Gopidas from Vezhapra and settled in Kolkata.

Death[edit | edit source]

She died due to crash of Indian Airlines Flight 440 in 1973.[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Is CPI paying mere lip service to gender equality?". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Women Members of Rajya Sabha" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. p. 145. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Joginder Kumar Chopra (1 January 1993). Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role. Mittal Publications. pp. 470–. ISBN 978-81-7099-513-5. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Parliamentary Debate. p. 3879. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Sadasivan, S. N. (2000). A Social History of India. APH Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7648-170-0.
  7. ↑ Reporter, Our Staff (1 June 2004). "Win back people's trust: Chandy tells politicians". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 July 2021.