Sundarwati Nawal Prabhakar

Sundarwati Nawal Prabhakar
Member of the Lok Sabha for Karol Bagh
In office
1984–1989
Preceded byDharam Dass Shastri
Succeeded byKalka Dass
Personal details
Born(1922-09-09)9 September 1922
Delhi, India
Died24 March 2010(2010-03-24) (aged 87)
Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Sundarwati Nawal Prabhakar (1922–2010) was an Indian National Congress politician from Delhi. She represented Karol Bagh in the 8th Lok Sabha.

Early life

Sundarwati was born on 9 September 1922 in Delhi. She received education till the under-metric level.[1]

Career

Sundarwati was involved in the Indian Independence movement and participated in the 1942 Quit India Movement.[2] She volunteered for the Defence Fund during the Sino-Indian War (1962) and Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. In recognition for her social service, she was awarded a shield by the then Prime Minister of India. She was the director of Delhi Scheduled Castes Financial and Development Corporation and a member of the Delhi Metropolitan Council from 1972 to 1980 and 1982–84. She won the 1980 Indian general election and represented Karol Bagh in the 8th Lok Sabha.[1]

During her term as a Member of Parliament, Sunderwati served on the Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions. She was also a member of the managing committee of the Shivaji College and the Social Welfare Board in Delhi.[2]

Personal life

Sundarwati married INC politician Naval Prabhakar in 1936 and had eight children from him.[1] She died on 24 March 2010 in Delhi.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Members Bioprofile: Nawal Prabhakar, Shrimati Sundarwati". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "The Speaker made references to the tragic demise of Mr. Lech Kaczynski". IndiaKanoon.org. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2017.