Women's Role in Indian Independence

Commodities like oil, ghee, rava, maida, would become scarce just as Diwali was near at hand. Kerosene had become very expensive. Women came together brandishing their ______ and took part in the demonstration.

Women had participated extensively in the freedom struggle. Women have also made important contributions in all fields in the post-independence period, too. That is what we will study in this chapter as also the laws enacted for women and other weaker sections. Manifestation of woman power : Women, who have to face the brunt of scarcity of supplies and rising prices, gave a show of their strength as an organised entity in 1972. Under the leadership of the socialist leader Mrinal Gore, women in Mumbai participated in a demonstration which came to be known as the ______ demonstration.

This movement met with success and the public got a glimpse of the united power of ______.

The Chipko movement : Another show of constructive woman power was seen during the Chipko movement in 1973. Trees from the forests in the foothills of the Himalayas were to be cut down for commercial purposes. Chandiprasad Bhat and Sunderlal Bahuguna had started a movement to prevent this. Women followed the strategy of holding hands and encircling each ______.

Women had participated extensively in the ______ struggle.

Women have also made important contributions in all fields in the ______-independence period, too.

Women, who have to face the brunt of scarcity of supplies and rising prices, gave a show of their strength as an organised entity in ______.

Under the leadership of the socialist leader Mrinal Gore, women in Mumbai participated in a demonstration which came to be known as the ______ demonstration.

Commodities like oil, ghee, rava, maida, would become scarce just as Diwali was near at hand. Kerosene had become very ______.

The Chipko movement : Another show of constructive woman power was seen during the Chipko movement in ______.