About Pushpa Bhave
Lived 1939 – 2020 (aged 81). Pushpa Bhave was an Indian cultural critic and social activist.
Pushpa Bhave (23 March 1939 – 2 October 2020) was a social activist from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She was also a critic, teacher and theater lover.
Bhave was known as the Iron Lady of Mumbai. She was born and brought up in Dadar, Mumbai and completed her Master of Arts degree in Marathi and Sanskrit from Elphinstone College, Mumbai.
She had taken part in the Samyukta Maharashtra and Goa Liberation movements.
She offered shelter to many underground political leaders such as Mrinal Gore in 1975 during the Emergency. She helped draft the anti-superstition law which Dabholkar was championing.
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Who was Pushpa Bhave?
Indian social activist (1939-2020)
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Pushpa Bhave was born on 23 March 1939.
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Pushpa Bhave died on 2 October 2020.
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Pushpa Bhave was a cultural critic and social activist.
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Pushpa Bhave was Indian.
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