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Ashoka Gupta

Smt. Ashoka Gupta

  • 2007
  • Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Development and Welfare of Women And Children
B. Sc. Pure Science, Calcutta University. Had to move in different districts of West Bengal after her marriage with a member of the Indian Civil Service. Became a member of the All India Womens' Conference in Calcutta. Was instrumental in setting up one of the Homes of Save the Children Committee at Bankura in 1943-44. Led the volunteers on behalf of the AIWC, Chittagong Branch during the communal riots in Noakhali in 1946. Gave up, temporarily, a sheltered, secure home life to devot .... Read More