Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar Explained

Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar
Office:Member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Ahmedabad
Term Start:1956
Term End:1957
Successor:Indulal Yagnik
Birth Date:1904 8, df=y
Birth Place:Bombay Presidency, India
Death Place:Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Children:Purushottam Mavalankar

Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar (4 August 1904 – 11 December 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter. She was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha unopposed from Ahmedabad in 1956.

Early life

Daughter to Ramakrishna Gopinath Gurjar Date, Sushila was born on 4 August 1904 in the Bombay State and did her schooling to the under-metric level.[1]

Career

Mavalankar took active part in the Indian Independence movement and on the call of Mahatma Gandhi participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942, which led to her imprisonment by the British authorities. She attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II held in June 1953.

The death of Ganesh Mavalankar in February 1956 prompted a bye-election for the Ahmedabad seat. The INC fielded Sushila Mavalankar (his wife) and she was elected unopposed to the 1st Lok Sabha.[2] [3] Her term finished the following year. She also served as the president of Bhagini Samaj and was a member of numerous social organisations.

Personal life

Sushila married Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar in March 1921, with whom she had four sons. Ganesh Mavalankar became of the first speaker of the Lok Sabha. She died in Ahmedabad on 11 December 1995.[4] Their son Purushottam Mavalankar was also a parliamentarian.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jain, C. K. . Women Parliamentarians in India . 1993 . . Surjeet Publications . 697.
  2. Book: Results of Bye-elections. 1957. Election Commission of India. 11.
  3. Book: Gazette of India. 1956. Controller of Publications. 615.
  4. Web site: Obituary References . 24 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220124234825/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses15/p2212_1.htm . . 12 June 2024 . 22 December 1995.
  5. News: Press Trust of India . Press Trust of India . Pusushottam Mavalankar passes away . 25 November 2017 . . 15 May 2002.