Party Name : Congress
Constituency : Medak
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 4
More Information :
LAXMI BAI, SHRIMATl SANGAM, B.A., Cong., (Andhra Pradesh—Medak—1967): d. of Shri D. Ramiah; b. at Vill. Chatkesar, Distt. Hyderabad July 27, 1911; ed. at Karve University, Sharda Niketan and College of Arts, Madras; widow of late Shri Durga Prasad Yadav; full time social and public worker; entered politics by boycotting Simon Commission during student life; took active part in Salt Satyagraha and courted imprisonment for one year in 1930-31; Founder-Member and Hony. Secretary, Indira Seva Sadan (Orphanage), Radhika Maternity Home, Vasu Shishu Vihar and Masetti Hanumanthu Gupta High School, Hyderabad; worked as in-charge, Acharya Bhave's first Paidal Yatra in Telengana; President, Hyderabad Yadava Mahajana Samaajam; Vice-President, (1) All India Students Conference in her student days; (2) Hyderabad Food-Council: (3) Andhra Yuvti Mandali; Treasurer, State Social Welfare Advisory Board. Andhra Pradesh; Convener, Women's Congress in Hyderabad Pradesh Congress Committee; Member, (1) Central Advisory Board for Education, Government of India, for two years; (2) Governing Body, Raja Bahadur Venkataram Reddy College; (3) Hyderabad Pradesh Backward Classes Federation; (4) Welfare Extension Project, Hyderabad; (5) Executive Committee. Hyderabad Bhoodan Committee; (6) Andhra Vidya Mahila Sangam for 18 years; (7) Executive of the Pradesh Congress Committee for a few years; (8) All India Congress Committee; (9) Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1952-57; (10) Second Lok Sabha, 1957-62 and (11) Third Lok Sabha, 1962-67; Deputy Minister of Education, Andhra Pradesh, February, 1954 to October, 1956. Social activities: Organising constructive programmes such as Bhoodan, Sampatidan, Shramdan, training camps for village women, conducting Charkha Sangh, propagation of adult education, opening of orphanages for destitute women and children, etc. Hobbies: Reading of Gandhian and Nehru literature, painting and drawing in water colour. Favourite pastime and recreation: Horticulture and kitchen gardening. Special interests: Uplift of destitute women and orphan children, village uplift and active participation in, Sarvodaya programmes. Accomplishments in letters, art and science: Gold Medalist in Fine Arts, short story writer and Vidushi (Pandit) from Sharda Niketan. Publications: "Na Anubhavamulu" (Telugu). Permanent Address: Indira Seva Sadnam, Saidabad, Hyderabad (A.P.).
