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Devaki Gopidas
Devaki Gopidas | |
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| Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1962–1968 | |
| Constituency | Kerala |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 1973 |
| Political party | Indian 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]
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]
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]
She died due to crash of Indian Airlines Flight 440 in 1973.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Is CPI paying mere lip service to gender equality?". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ↑ "Women Members of Rajya Sabha" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. p. 145. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Parliamentary Debate. p. 3879. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ Sadasivan, S. N. (2000). A Social History of India. APH Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7648-170-0.
- ↑ Reporter, Our Staff (1 June 2004). "Win back people's trust: Chandy tells politicians". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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