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Rameshwari Nehru

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Rameshwari Nehru
Rameshwari Nehru on a 1987 stamp
Born
Rameshwari Raina

(1886-12-10)10 December 1886
Died8 November 1966(1966-11-08) (aged 79)
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipBritish Indian (1886-1947)
Indian (1947-1966)
OccupationSocial worker
SpouseBrijlal Nehru
ChildrenBraj Kumar Nehru
RelativesNehru-Gandhi family
AwardsPadma Bhushan (1955)
Lenin Peace Prize (1961)

Rameshwari Nehru (née Rameshwari Raina; 10 December 1886 – 8 November 1966) was a social worker of India. She worked for the upliftment of the poorer classes and of women.

Career

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She edited Stri Darpan, a Hindi monthly for women, from 1909 to 1924. She was one of the founders of All India Women's Conference (AIWC)[1] and was elected its president in 1942.[2] She led delegations to the World Women's Congress in Copenhagen and the first Afro-Asian Women's Conference in Cairo (1961).[3]

She was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution.[4][5] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.[6]

Personal life

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In 1902, she married Brijlal Nehru, a nephew of Motilal Nehru and cousin of the first prime minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru. Her son Braj Kumar Nehru was an Indian civil servant who served as governor of several states.

Awards and honours

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Nehru was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for her social work, in 1955,[7] and won the Lenin Peace Prize in 1961.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Sonia Gandhi, ed. (2004). Two Alone, Two Together: Letters Between Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru 1922–1964. Penguin Books India. p. xxii. ISBN 9780143032458.
  2. ^ "Past Presidents". AIWC: All India Women's Conference. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  3. ^ Sharma, d n (1969). Afro-asian Group In The U.n.
  4. ^ "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Preparing earth constitution". The Encyclopedia of World Problems - Union of International Associations (UIA). Global Strategies & Solutions - The Encyclopedia of World Problems. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2017.
  8. ^ Vijay Prashad (2008) The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World. New Pres. p, 53. ISBN 9781595583420

Further reading

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