Nauroti Devi
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Nauroti Devi is an Indian Dalit woman social activist and politician from Rajasthan, India. She was elected Sarpanch of her village Harmada in 2010.
Devi was born in the Indian village of Harmada, in Kishangarh tehsil, Ajmer district, Rajasthan. Her family were underprivileged Dalits. She was not able to attend school or receive any formal education, and worked as a stone cutter at a road construction site as a young woman.[1]
Early activism
While working as a stone cutter Devi worked with her coworkers to protest the wage discrepancy between male and female workers on the construction site[1] and for fair wages overall.[2] With the help of a NGO, Nauroti led a campaign and took the case to the Indian Supreme Court. [3]
