Q. Who among the following women freedom fighters were part of the Constituent Assembly?
- Hansa Mehta
- Durgabai Deshmukh
- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
- Sucheta Kriplani
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Answer:
1, 2, 3 & 4
Notes:
- Hansa Jivraj Mehta a social activist who served in the constituent assembly from 1946-1949,was a Padma Bhushan awardee. She was a member of the Fundamental rights sub-committee, the advisory committee and the provincial constitutional committee.
- Durgabai Deshmukh was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and of the Planning Commission of India.
- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was elected to the Constituent Assembly from the Central Provinces and Berar province on a Congress ticket. She was a prominent member of the Assembly’s Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee and the Minorities Sub-Committee. In 1947 she became independent India’s first Health Minister.
- Sucheta Kriplani was elected as the first woman CM of state of Uttar Pradesh from the Kanpur constituency and was part of the subcommittee that drafted the Indian Constitution.