Uma Nehru
Uma Nehru (born March 8, 1884 in Agra ; † August 28, 1963 ) was an Indian politician and publicist.
Life
She was the daughter of Niranjan Nath Hukku and was educated in the monastery school of Hubli . On February 14, 1901, she married Shamlal Nehru (1972-1934), with whom she had a daughter, Shyam Kumari Khan (1904-1980), and a son, Anand Kumar Nehru (1908-1947). She had become a member of the Nehru Gandhi family and his distant sister-in-law through marriage to a cousin Jawaharlal Nehru .
During the Indian independence movement, the social worker and women's rights activist Nehru took over the chairmanship of the provincial congress of the Indian National Congress in Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh and was a prominent activist during the salt march and the civil resistance ( campaign of non-cooperation ). She was arrested several times by the British police but was eventually released. She worked in aid organizations and published magazines for children and adults. The women's magazines "Shri Darpan" and "Maryade" were published in Hindi .
Uma Nehru began her political career in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly . From 1952 to 1957 and 1957 to 1962 she sat twice for Sitapur in the Lok Sabha and from April 3, 1962 until her death she was a member of the Rajya Sabha . After an operation on July 11, 1963, she was bedridden and could no longer participate in parliamentary debates. After her death, her daughter took over the seat in the Rajya Sabha.
In addition to her numerous political engagements, she worked as a pianist and writer in her free time. She wrote the two books Mother India and Bipta .
swell
- Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 356
- Keyword-like short biography
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the Nehru family
- ^ India Who's who . INFA Publications, 1972, p. 257 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ^ Members of the Nehru family
- ↑ Rajya Sabha Members - N (pdf)
- ^ Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha : Parliamentary Debates: Official Report, Volume 44, Issues 1-10 . Council of States Secretariat, 1963, p. 439 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nehru, Uma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hukku, Uma (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian politician and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agra |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1963 |