Violet Alva

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Violet Alva (born April 24, 1908 in Ahmedabad , † November 20, 1969 ) was an Indian lawyer and politician of the Congress Party .

biography

Violet Alva studied after school attendance law and engaged after graduation as a lawyer for the rights of political prisoners . Because of her participation in the non-violent action against the British colonial administration organized by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , she was finally arrested herself and was in prison until 1944. Shortly after her release, she resumed her work as a lawyer again and in 1944 the first woman as a criminal lawyer before the Supreme Court of the colonial administration pleaded .

After the sovereignty of India from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947, she finally began her political career and was initially 1947 to 1952 a member of the city council of Bombay before 1952 as member of the upper house ( Rajya Sabha ) was chosen and was this to 20 July 1969. During this time she was for the first time from 1953 to 1954 Vice President of the House of Lords.

Between 1957 and 1962 she was Minister of State to the Interior Minister and thus a representative of the ministers in office at the time, Govind Ballabh Pant and Lal Bahadur Shastri .

Then it was on 19 April 1962 in turn Vice-President of the Upper House and held this position until May 3, 1969. When, after the death of Zakir Hussain the former Vice President of India and concurrent President of the Upper House VV Giri acting on May 3, 1969 President of India was , she temporarily assumed the office of President of the Rajya Sabha. However, she resigned from this office on July 20, 1969 after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi proposed not her, but Gopal Swarup Pathak for the office of Vice President and thus also President of the House of Lords. Afterwards she was again Vice President of the House of Lords until her death.

The Protestant Violet Alva was married to the Catholic MP Joachim Alva. The politician Margaret Alva is her daughter-in-law.

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SURNAME Alva, Violet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Ahmedabad
DATE OF DEATH 20th November 1969