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Women in Constituent Assembly

Video series: The story of Dakshayani Velayudhan, one of the women architects of the Indian Republic

Episode 1: She was the only Dalit woman to be elected to the Constituent Assembly and one of the 15 women to have left their imprint on the Indian Constitution.

Smitha Nair
Jan 25, 2018 · 04:22 pm
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