Women Members of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946-1950)
Standing, from left: Kamala Chaudhari, Sucheta Kripalani, Durgabai Deshmukh, Begum Aizaz Rasul, Purnima Banerji, and Dakshayani Velayudhan.
Sitting, from left: Renuka Ray, Hansa Mehta, Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur, Annie Mascerene, and Ammu Swaminathan.
Fifteen women were elected to the Constituent Assembly, but only these eleven women members signed the historical document, “The Indian Constitution.”
