Hansa Jivraj Mehta was a feminist, social activist, independence activist, writer, reformist and educator. In 2000, she received the Padma Bhushan award for her contributions. Between the years 19, she served as the Minister of Social Welfare and Minorities. She said, “The working of the Constitution will depend on how people conduct themselves in the future, not on the actual execution of the law.” Begum Aizaz Rasul (1909-2001)īegum Aizaz Rasul was the only Muslim woman to be a part of the Constituent Assembly of India that drafted the Constitution. She also said the Constituent Assembly must take a resolution to always endorse condemnation of caste discrimination. Velayudhan asserted her opinion on implementing non-discriminatory provisions through public education. She was the one who called for decentralisation of the draft of the constitution presented by Dr BR Ambedkar in November 1948. Dakshayani Velayudhan(1912-1978)īorn in 1912, Dakshayani belonged to the Pulayar community and was among the first generation of people who ever received formal education. It remains to be a book of her most popular compositions. In 1912, she published an anthology titled In The Bazaars of Hyderabad. Naidu played a crucial role in the independence struggle of India. She was the first-ever Indian woman to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress. She always advocated for women’s emancipation, anti-imperialistic ideas and civil rights. Sarojini Naidu was a poet, feminist and political activist. Let’s pay a tribute to those unsung heroes. If you do not believe us, believe the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, who recently explained why he used the expression ‘founding father and mothers’ in his 2018 Constitution Bench judgement in Govt. This Republic Day, we are reminiscing the contribution of women who were founding mothers of the Constitution of India.

No one talks about the women who helped in drafting the constitution which guides our legislation and judiciary today. When we talk about the Constitution of India, it is the founding fathers who we always address.

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