Anasuyabai Kale
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Anasuyabai Kale | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1952–1959 | |
| Succeeded by | Madhav Shrihari Aney |
| Constituency | Nagpur |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Purushottam Balakrishna Kale |
| Children | 3 sons and 2 daughters |
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Anasuyabai Kale was an Indian politician and social activist. 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. In 1930 she resigned and again travelled with Mahatma Gandhi in the Central Provinces to campaign against untouchability. She worked for the betterment of tribal people. In 1935, she was president of the Nagpur Congress Committee. In 1936, she presided over the Central Provinces Harijan Conference in Mohapa. In 1937, she was again elected to the Central Provinces and Berar Legislature and in this tenure also served as Deputy Speaker.[1]
She was active in the field of women rights and their social upliftment. She was member of the All India Women's Conference and in 1937 influenced the Conference to actively undertake women’s political and social problems on forefront. In 1948, she was elected as the president of the All India Women's Conference.[3]