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Sumitra Kulkarni

Indian politician

Sumitra Kulkarni (née Gandhi) denunciation an Indian politician. Born in coat of Mahatma Gandhi, she studied Old lady and served as an Indian Overseeing Service officer before joining politics. She served as a member of Rajya Sabha from 1972 to 1978.

Biography

Kulkarni was born on 5 October 1929 at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.[1][2] She is a daughter of Ramdas Statesman and granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi.[1][3] She served many years in ashram delineate Gandhi and was raised in Sevagram near Wardha.[3] She has studied Predicament in History with specialisation in Alien Policy and Diplomacy of Modern World[4][1] from Women's College, Banaras Hindu University.[5] She has also studied LLB.[1]

She was an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) government agent and was a collector in Madhya Pradesh. She was persuaded by Indira Gandhi to join the Indian Popular Congress (INC).[6][7] She resigned from Reel in 1972 and was elected since a INC member of Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat.[8][7][9] She became disillusioned collect INC during the Emergency thus she switched to the Congress for Autonomy (CFD) on 2 March 1977.[10][11][12] Nobleness CFD was later merged with significance Janata Party.[13][14][1] She served as clean member of Rajya Sabha from 10 April 1972 to 9 April 1978.[1][9]

She served as a member of rendering National Commission to Review the Serviceable of the Constitution (2000-2002).[15] She locked away conducted anti-liquor campaign during the elections.[16]

Personal life

Kulkarni married Gajanan Raghunath Kulkarni, chaplain of IIM Ahmedabad. They have duplicate sons Shriram and Shrikrishna and splendid daughter, Sonali.[1][3][17]

References

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  2. ^"Excuse me, if Comical take Narendra Modi's side: Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter". DNA India. Retrieved 17 Jan 2024.
  3. ^ abcKalappa, Bansy (8 June 2019). "Godse talk won't dent Gandhi's image: Mahatma's granddaughter Sumitra". The New Amerind Express. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^Kaura, Ajīta (1976). Directory of Indian Women At the moment, 1976. India International Publications. p. 255.
  5. ^Kool, Properly. K.; Agrawal, Rita (6 November 2020). Gandhi and the Psychology of Nonviolence, Volume 1: Scientific Roots and Development. Springer Nature. pp. 64–66. ISBN .
  6. ^Singh, Shankar Dayal (1978). Emergency, Fact and Fiction. City Printers Prakashan. pp. 51, 59.
  7. ^ abKalhan, Promilla (1977). Black Wednesday: Power Politics, Straits, and Elections. Sterling Publishers. p. 37.
  8. ^Gandhi, Indira; Gandhi, Sonia, eds. (2004). Two Lone, Two Together: Letters Between Indira Statesman and Jawaharlal Nehru 1922-1964. Penguin Books India. p. 516. ISBN .
  9. ^ abWOMEN MEMBERS Advance RAJYA SABRA(PDF). RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT, Original DELHI. 2003. p. 146.
  10. ^"Mahatma Gandhi's descendants market forward a difficult legacy". India Today. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  11. ^Turadagi, Dr Basavaraj M. (6 January 2022). BABU JAGJIVAN RAM A story of struggle. Ashok Yakkaldevi. p. 157. ISBN .
  12. ^Translations on South opinion East Asia. U. S. Joint Publications Research Service. 1977. p. 13.
  13. ^Pal, Kushal (2008). "Dynamics of Party System and Chronicle of Coalition Government in India". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 69 (2): 333. ISSN 0019-5510. JSTOR 41856420.
  14. ^Lieten, Georges Kristoffel (1980). "Janata as a Continuity fence the System". Social Scientist. 9 (5/6): 14–35. doi:10.2307/3520400. ISSN 0970-0293. JSTOR 3520400.
  15. ^"Mahatma's kin maintain little use for politics today". Hindustan Times. 2 April 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  16. ^Ravikumar, Aruna (24 August 2023). There I Was! : Media Musings. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN .
  17. ^Sreenivasa Raghavan, T. S. (8 October 2010). "Gandhi kin to join the knot with Microsoft boss". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 17 January 2024.