Background
Chavan was born to the M. N. Rao Jagdale in the Baroda district of Gujarat.
Chavan was born to the M. N. Rao Jagdale in the Baroda district of Gujarat.
She completed her primary and secondary education at South.N.D.T. in Indore, after which she went to Saint Xavier"s College Bombay, where she received a Diploma in Montessori Education.
Premalakaki Chavan is notable for holding the record for the most number of representations (four) in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, by a female Member of Parliament from Maharashtra. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
After her husband"s death, she was elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha in a by-poll in 1973. She was re-elected from the Karad constituency for the next three terms.
After the post-emergency split in the Congress, when many party veterans in the state aligned with the congress led by Devraj Urs, Chavan chose to remain with Indira Gandhi and also served as the Congress(i) State President at that time.
When Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980, she nominated Premalakaki to Rajya Sabha in 1981. Chavan was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from Karad in 1989.
Premala Chavan participated in the Lok Sabha until 1991, until which point she had contested from her late constituency and served in the same capacity for all consecutive terms. Committee experience
In addition to this, she started the Mahila Mandal Movement in 1950 in Karad.
Later, in 1973, she founded the All India Women"s Cricket Association.
Premalakaki Chavan died on 8 July 2003.
Later, she represented the Indian National Congress party in the Fifth Lok Sabha (1971-1977), the Sixth Lok Sabha (1977-1979), the Eighth Lok Sabha (1984-1989), and the Rajya Sabha (1980-1984).
Chavan was a member of the Peasants and Workers Party of Maharashtra from 1952-1960. Chavan was a member of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation, the Committee on Official Language, and the Business Advisory Committee from 1985-1987. A member of the Rules Committee from 1987-1989.
A member of the Consultative Committee, the Department of Atomic Energy, Space, Electronics, Ocean Development and the Ministry of Science and Technology in 1990.