Godavari Parulekar
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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