Role of women in nation development
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Women’s Role in Indian politics was seen recently when Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the people of Uttar Pradesh for electing a record number of 38 women MLAs in the recent Uttar Pradesh elections. The stellar result came despite the political parties fielding 96 women candidates in the legislative elections.
Let us analyse the women’s Role in socio-political scene of India since the days of freedom struggle.
Since the glorious days of our freedom struggle, Indian women have played a key role in every field of life such as in nation building, empowerment of society, taking the nation forward on the development path and leading the country in the cleanliness drive. Women have found themselves in very significant positions and played their roles with utmost excellence.
Women’s Role in India’s freedom struggle
Although the importance of women cannot be attributed only to the freedom struggle as it dates back to the pre-independence struggle era i.e. since ancient and medieval times, the manner in which women in India came into the public sphere particularly in political sphere is remarkable. During 1857 revolt India had important women participants such asJhansi Rani Lakshmi Bai, Sarojini Naidu, Rani Gaidinliu and Begum Hazrat Mahal.
The first mass participation of women in the national movement started with the Swadeshi movement and kept on increasing through the Non Cooperation Movement with certain limitations. In Civil Disobedience Movement we saw women coming in thousands of numbersand leading the key aspects of the National Movement through initiatives like picketing of liquor and cloth shops, taking care of the injured freedom fighters, going to jails. Therefore, they earned for themselves what they got in the constitution in 1950 which was the Universal right to ‘Adult Franchise’.
During the time of freedom struggle (especially during the Civil Disobedience Movement and Quit India movement) women in large numbers began to take part in national life and sacrificed their personal life for the sake of national cause.
Women’s Role in politics of India
In 1917 an Irish woman, Annie Besant became president of the Indian National Congress and in 1925 Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman who assumed the role of President of the INC.
Moving ahead with the post-independence era, India managed to elect its first woman Prime Minister ShrimatiIndira Gandhi even when the western worlddid not even think of women leaders at that time.
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