About Sahodrabai Rai
Lived 1919 – 1981 (aged 61–62). Sahodrabai Rai was an Indian politician.
Sahodrabai Devi Rai (30 April 1919 – 26 March 1981) was an Indian politician who was a member of the Indian National Congress and served four terms as an MP.
Life and 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. She was member of 3rd Lok Sabha from Damoh
Rai worked for Hindu–Muslim unity in Noakhali and participated in satyagraha (loosely translated as "insistence on truth") against the British, in 1945. She was also arrested with Indira Gandhi in 1979 and imprisoned for a day.
She died in March 1981 at the age of 61.
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Indian politician
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Sahodrabai Rai was born on 30 April 1919 in Damoh District, Madhya Pradesh, Patharia.
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Sahodrabai Rai died in 1981.
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Sahodrabai Rai was a politician.
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Sahodrabai Rai was Indian.
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