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A portrait of Smt. Rameshwari Nehru with a sari over her head, with the dates 1886–1966 and her name in Hindi and English, on a 60 paise stamp.
Smt. Rameshwari Nehru
India Post issued this 60 paise stamp on 10 December 1987, the anniversary of her birth in 1886. She edited the Hindi monthly Stree Darpan from 1909 to 1924 and became President of the All India Women’s Conference in 1940. She was jailed in the Quit India movement, resettled displaced people after partition, and gave over three decades to the All India Harijan Sewak Sangh. She received the Padma Bhushan in 1955.
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