Ahilya Rangnekar

July 8, 1922 (age 86)

Poona

She was the youngest among eight children. Ahilya Rangnekar joined the Communist Party of India in 1943. She participated in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement. She was one of the founders of "Parel Mahila Sangh" in 1943, which later became "Janwadi Mahila Sangh", the Maharashtra state unit of the All India Democratic Women"s Association. She later became the national working president of the AIDWA and in 2001, she became its patron. She was elected corporator of the Bombay Municipal Corporation for 19 years from 1961. She was the secretary of the Maharashtra state unit of the Consumer price index (M) from 1983 to 86. In 1975, she was elected to the general council of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and in 1979, she became its vice president

Ahilya Rangnekar

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Ahilya was born in Poona.

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She was the youngest among eight children. Ahilya Rangnekar joined the Communist Party of India in 1943. She participated in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement.

She was one of the founders of "Parel Mahila Sangh" in 1943, which later became "Janwadi Mahila Sangh", the Maharashtra state unit of the All India Democratic Women"s Association.

She later became the national working president of the AIDWA and in 2001, she became its patron. She was elected corporator of the Bombay Municipal Corporation for 19 years from 1961.

She was the secretary of the Maharashtra state unit of the Consumer price index (M) from 1983 to 86. In 1975, she was elected to the general council of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and in 1979, she became its vice president

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She was the member of its central committee from 1978 to 2005.

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