Native name श्याम कुमारी खान Name Shyam Khan Nationality Indian Died June 9, 1980 | Spouse(s) Abdul Jamil Khan Parents Uma Nehru Children 2 | |
Full Name Shyam Kumari Nehru Born 20 October 1904 ( 1904-10-20 ) Occupation Lawyer
Indian independence activist
Rajya Sabha member
Social worker Relatives Jawaharlal Nehru (first cousin once removed)
Uma Nehru (mother)
Arun Nehru (nephew) | ||
Political party Indian National Congress | ||
Shyam Kumari Khan (née Nehru, 20 October 1904 - 9 June 1980) was an Indian lawyer, freedom fighter, politician and social worker. She was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1963 to 1968.
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Career
She studied at Allahabad University and was the first woman to become secretary, vice-president and president of the Allahabad University Union in the years 1924-28. A lawyer by profession, she defended Yashpal during his trial in 1932. She joined the Khilafat Movement and was one of the prominent women leaders during the Salt March.
After the independence, she remained active as a social worker. In 1952, she was a founding member, and later the general secretary, of the Indian Council for Child Welfare. She was also a founding member of the Indian Humanist Union, of which she became elected chairman after the death of Narsingh Narain in 1972.
She was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 11 December 1963 to 2 April 1968.
Personal life
Born on 20 October 1904, she was the eldest child of Shamlal Nehru, a first cousin of Jawaharlal Nehru, and of his wife Uma Nehru. Shyam Kumari Nehru, and grandfather, Abdul Jamil Khan, married on December 7, 1937 under the Special Marriages Act, 1872. She died on 9 June 1980, aged 75.