Durgābāi Deshmukh, Lady Deshmukh was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and of the Planning Commission of India. A public activist for women’s emancipation, she founded the Andhra Mahila Sabha in 1937.
Durgabai Deshmukh, Lady Deshmukh (Rajahmundry, was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician.
She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and of the Planning Commission of India. A public activist for women’s emancipation, she founded the Andhra Mahila Sabha (Andhra Women’s Conference) in 1937.
She was also the founder chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board.
In 1953, she married C.D.Deshmukh, the first Indian governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Finance Minister in India’s Central Cabinet during 1950-1956.