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Among the key recommendations of their report was that a woman should have an absolute control over some part of the family income and a share in the husband's property which he cannot will away.

Once the Dewan of Baroda and PM of Jaipur, this unsung legend understood that India could only grow from her villages. #History #ForgottenHeroes

Durgabai walked out of her own child marriage, helped draft the Constitution, set up key institutions and led the emancipation of women from the front.

Awarded the Padma Shri (1982), Padma Bhushan (1992) and Padma Vibhushan (2000), there is very little this celebrated scientist hasn't attained in the domain of space, scientific research and academia.