Constituency Sagar Constituency Sagar Name Sahodrabai Rai | ||
Preceded by Sodia Khubchand Daryao Singh | ||
Sahodrabai Rai (born 1919) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party.
Career
She won the 1957 general election of India from Sagar Lok Sabha constituency. Rai was also elected in 1971 and 1980 general elections of India, also from the Sagar Lok Sabha constituency. She was a member of the 2nd, 5th and 7th Lok Sabhas of India.
Rai worked for Hindu–Muslim unity in Noakhali and participated in satyagraha (loosely translated as "insistence on truth") against in 1945. She was also arrested with Indira Gandhi in 1979 and imprisoned for a day.
References
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