SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

1903 - 1988

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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (3 April 1903 – 29 October 1988) was an Indian social reformer. She has worked for the promotion of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in independent India to uplift the socio-economic standard of Indian women. She is the first woman in India to contest in elections from Madras Constituency, but lost. She has headed the National School of Drama and Sangeet Natak Akademi. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay is the 507th most popular social activist (down from 437th in 2019), the 667th most popular biography from India (down from 520th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ranks 507 out of 840. Before her are Xiomara Acevedo, Eugen Drewermann, Medgar Evers, Ōsugi Sakae, Daniel De Leon, and Christine Delphy. After her are Doina Cornea, Stephen Mallory, Urani Rumbo, Lucy Stone, Ruby Bridges, and Ernestine Rose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ranks 267. Before her are Vladimir Lossky, Lothar Bolz, Pierre Brossolette, Igor Newerly, Ferdinand Adams, and E. O. Plauen. After her are Georg Gehring, Walter Weiler, Jeanette MacDonald, Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Wilfrid Hyde-White, and Willi Forst. Among people deceased in 1988, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ranks 186. Before her are I. A. L. Diamond, Shōhei Ōoka, Seth Neddermeyer, Joseph Wresinski, Ferit Melen, and Guillermo Haro. After her are Hans Lewy, Paula Mollenhauer, Sten Suvio, Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Ottó Boros, and Jaú.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ranks 667 out of 1,861. Before her are Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565), Dia Mirza (1981), Fathima Beevi (1927), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), and Dharamvir Bharati (1926). After her are Manoj Bajpayee (1969), Jamini Roy (1887), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), and Gautam Adani (1962).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay ranks 39. Before her are Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Sugathakumari (1934), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Kamala Nehru (1899), and Pingali Venkayya (1876). After her are Charu Majumdar (1918), Shivakumara Swami (1907), Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Manilal Gandhi (1892), and Stan Swamy (1937).

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