DIED ON - 29th OCTOBER 1988
* SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WON ELECTION IN MADRAS CONSTITUENCY.
* SHE POPULARLY KNOWN AS HATKARGHA MAA FOR HANDLOOM WORKS
AWARDS -
* 1955 - PADMA BHUSHAN
* 1966 - RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD ( Community Leadership)
* 1987 - PADMA VIBHUSHAN
* 1974 - SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
* 1977 - UNESCO Honour FOR HANDLOOM CONTRIBUTION
* DESIKOTTAMA HONOURED BY SHANTINIKETAN
NOTABLE SERVICE -
* IN 1974 SHE HEADED THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA & SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY.
* SHE DID DIPLOMA IN SOCIOLOGY IN LONDON ( BEDFORD COLLEGE)!
* In 1926 SHE MET SUFFRAGETTE MARGARET (FOUNDER OF ALL INDIAN WOMAN' CONFERENCE) AND LATER SHE JOINED FOR MADRAS PROVINCE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
* In 1964 SHE STARTED NATYA INSTITUTE OF KATHAK AND CHOREOGRAPHY ( NIKC) At BENGALURU.
* SHE WAS THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF ALL INDIA HANDICRAFTS BOARD)
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY -
* INNER RECESSES AND OUTER SPACES ( MEMOIR) PUBLISHED IN 1986
NOTABLE BOOKS - ( AS AUTHOR)
* THE AWAKENING OF INDIAN WOMAN (1939)
* JAPAN - IT'S WEAKNESS & STRENGTHS ( 1943) .
* UNCLE SAM'S EMPIRE (1944(
* In WAR -TORN CHINA (1944)
* TOWARDS A NATIONAL THEATRE ( 1945)
* AMERICA: THE LAND OF SUPERLATIVE (1946)
* AT THE CROSS ROADS (1947)
* SOCIALISM & SOCIETY (1950)
* TRIBALISM IN INDIA (1978)
* HANDICRAFTS OF INDIA (1955)
* INDIAN WOMEN'S BATTLE IN FREEDOM ( 1983)
* INDIAN CARPETS & FLOOR COVERING ( 1983)
* INDIAN EMBROIDERY (1977)
* THE GLORY OF INDIAN HANDICRAFTS
* INDIAN POST RELEASED A TWO COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON HANDICRAFTS
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