Savitri Nigam

Savitri Nigam
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1952-1962
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1962-1967
Preceded byRaja Dinesh Singh
Succeeded byChaudhary Jageshwar Singh Yadav
ConstituencyBanda, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born(1919-05-17)17 May 1919
Banda, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died29 July 1985(1985-07-29) (aged 66)
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseBrijnandan Prasad Nigam
Children2 daughters
Source: [1]

Savitri Nigam (1919-1985) was an Indian politician. She was a Member of Parliament, representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament and to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Banda, Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress.[1][2][3][4]

She also served as President of Indian Federation of United Nations Associations.[5]

She was board member at the Food & Nutrition Board, Govt. of India.[6] Also the President of Indian Housawives Federation.[6]

Emphasizing on women education she said:[5]

"A self-centered person cannot be self-sufficient because that person lives like a parasite."

References

  1. ^ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Women Members of Rajya Sabha" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ^ Joginder Kumar Chopra (1 January 1993). Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role. Mittal Publications. pp. 176–. ISBN 978-81-7099-513-5. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. ^ Publications Division (1958). Women of India. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-81-230-2284-0. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Indian women: Yesterday, today and tomorrow". India Today. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Functions of the Food & Nutrition Board Redefined and reconstituted, GOI" (PDF). Minister for Women and Child Development, GOI. Retrieved 7 July 2023.