Anasuyabai Kale Explained

Anasuyabai Kale
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency:Nagpur
Term Start:1952
Term End:1959
Successor:Madhav Shrihari Aney
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Purushottam Balakrishna Kale
Children:3 sons and 2 daughters
Source:https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/775.htm

Anasuyabai Kale was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Nagpur as a member of the Indian National Congress in 1952. She was re-elected as a member of the 2nd Lok Sabha in 1957.[1] [2]

Prior to her election to the Lok Sabha, Kale had been a member of the Assembly of the Central Provinces and Berar, to which she was nominated in 1928. She also served in 1937 as Deputy Speaker of the Central Provinces Legislative Assembly. In 1948, she was president of the All India Women's Conference.[3]

She was a descendant of The Diwan of Aundh state. She married into the cadet branch of Kale of Waghere, Nashik. She was educated at Hujur Paga High School and Fergusson College in Poona and then at Baroda College, Baroda. She was married to Purushottam Balakrishna Kale. She had three sons and two daughters. After winning Lok Sabha election from Nagpur in 1957, she died mid-term two years later.[4] [5]

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anasuyabai Kale Profile . . 2016-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808015910/http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/775.htm . 8 August 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Book: S.R. Bakshi And O.P. Ralhan. Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages. 2016-06-14. 2008. Sarup & Sons. 978-81-7625-806-7. 68–.
  3. Web site: Past Presidents . All India Women's Conference . 2016-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309043554/http://aiwc.org.in/past-presidents.aspx . 9 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: The Parallel Force . StreeShakti . 9 Mar 2023.
  5. Book: The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who . Times of India Press . 1958 . 9 Mar 2023 . 1120.