Q. Identify the Maharashtra freedom fighter based on the following information:
  1. She led the Warli Adivasi Revolt along with her husband against bonded labor.
  2. She served as the first woman president of the All India Kisan Sabha.
  3. She authored the Marathi book "Jevha Manus Jaga Hoto," which earned the Sahitya Akademi Award.
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Answer: Godavari Parulekar
Notes: Godavari Parulekar (14 August 1907 – 8 October 1996), born Godavari Gokhale, was a legendary Indian freedom fighter, social activist, and communist leader. She was the first woman law graduate in Maharashtra and famously led the historic Warli Adivasi Revolt (1945–1947) against the exploitative veth-begar (bonded labor) system in Thane district. Godavari and her husband Shamrao Vishnu Parulekar formed a formidable duo that spearheaded the peasant and tribal movements in Maharashtra.  She served as the first woman president of the All India Kisan Sabha and was a founding member of the Maharashtra Rajya Kisan Sabha. Her celebrated Marathi book, Jevha Manus Jaga Hoto (When Man Awakes), documents her struggles for tribal rights and earned her the Sahitya Akademi Award.
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