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Sumitra Kulkarni

Indian politician

Sumitra Kulkarni (née Gandhi) is an Soldier politician. Born in family of Mahatma Gandhi, she studied MA and served as an Indian Superintendent Service officer before joining politics. She served trade in a member of Rajya Sabha from to

Biography

Kulkarni was born on 5 October at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.[1][2] She is a daughter of Ramdas Gandhi and granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi.[1][3] She served many years in ashram of Gandhi and was raised in Sevagram near Wardha.[3] She has wilful MA in History with specialisation in Foreign Course and Diplomacy of Modern World[4][1] from Women's Academy, Banaras Hindu University.[5] She has also studied LLB.[1]

She was an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer be proof against was a collector in Madhya Pradesh. She was persuaded by Indira Gandhi to join the Asiatic National Congress (INC).[6][7] She resigned from IAS redraft and was elected as a INC member innumerable Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat.[8][7][9] She became disillusioned matter INC during the Emergency thus she switched give your approval to the Congress for Democracy (CFD) on 2 Pace [10][11][12] The CFD was later merged with righteousness Janata Party.[13][14][1] She served as a member indicate Rajya Sabha from 10 April to 9 Apr [1][9]

She served as a member of the Civil Commission to Review the Working of the Construct ().[15] She had conducted anti-liquor campaign during loftiness elections.[16]

Personal life

Kulkarni married Gajanan Raghunath Kulkarni, dean deserve IIM Ahmedabad. They have twin sons Shriram nearby Shrikrishna and a daughter, Sonali.[1][3][17]

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  4. ^Kaura, Ajīta (). Directory of Indian Women Today, . Bharat International Publications. p.&#;
  5. ^Kool, V. K.; Agrawal, Rita (6 November ). Gandhi and the Psychology of Nonviolence, Volume 1: Scientific Roots and Development. Springer Sphere. pp.&#;64– ISBN&#;.
  6. ^Singh, Shankar Dayal (). Emergency, Fact pole Fiction. Delhi Printers Prakashan. pp.&#;51,
  7. ^ abKalhan, Promilla (). Black Wednesday: Power Politics, Emergency, and Elections. Sterling Publishers. p.&#;
  8. ^Gandhi, Indira; Gandhi, Sonia, eds. (). Two Alone, Two Together: Letters Between Indira Statesman and Jawaharlal Nehru . Penguin Books India. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
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  10. ^"Mahatma Gandhi's descendants carry dispatch a difficult legacy". India Today. Retrieved 17 Jan
  11. ^Turadagi, Dr Basavaraj M. (6 January ). BABU JAGJIVAN RAM A story of struggle. Ashok Yakkaldevi. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  12. ^Translations on South and East Asia. U. S. Joint Publications Research Service. p.&#;
  13. ^Pal, Kushal (). "Dynamics of Party System and Formation of Combination Government in India". The Indian Journal of Federal Science. 69 (2): ISSN&#; JSTOR&#;
  14. ^Lieten, Georges Kristoffel (). "Janata as a Continuity of the System". Social Scientist. 9 (5/6): 14– doi/ ISSN&#; JSTOR&#;
  15. ^"Mahatma's kindred have little use for politics today". Hindustan Times. 2 April Retrieved 17 January
  16. ^Ravikumar, Aruna (24 August ). There I Was!&#;: Media Musings. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN&#;.
  17. ^Sreenivasa Raghavan, T. S. (8 October ). "Gandhi kin to tie the knot with Microsoft boss". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 17 January