Violet Alva

Violet Alva ( born April 24, 1908 in Ahmedabad, † November 20, 1969 ) was an Indian lawyer and politician of the Congress Party.

Biography

Violet Alva studied post-school law and became involved after graduation as a lawyer for the rights of political prisoners. Because of their participation in the activities organized by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi nonviolent action against the British colonial administration, she was eventually arrested himself and was located until 1944 in prison. Shortly after her release, she resumed her work as a lawyer again and in 1944 the first woman to be pleaded as a defense lawyer before the Supreme Court of the colonial administration.

After the sovereignty of India by the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947, she finally began her political career and was initially from 1947 to 1952 Member of the City Council of Mumbai, before they voted in 1952 as a member of the upper house ( Rajya Sabha ) and belonged to the 20th of this July 1969 to. During this time, she was the first time from 1953 to 1954 Vice-President of the Upper House.

Between 1957 and 1962 she was Minister of State Minister of the Interior and thus representative of the office at the time Minister Govind Ballabh Pant and Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Then it was on April 19, 1962, in turn, Vice President of the Upper House, and held this office until May 3, 1969. When, after the death of Zakir Hussain the former Vice President of India and concurrent President of the Upper House VV Giri 1969 Acting President of India, on 3 May, she took over as acting the Office of the President of the Rajya Sabha. However, from this position she resigned after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is not they but Gopal Swarup Pathak proposed for the office of Vice-President and thus also the President of the House of Lords already on 20 July 1969. Subsequently, she was until her death in turn Vice President of the Upper House.

The Protestant Violet Alva was married to the Catholic deputies Joachim Alva.

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  • Female Presidents of Parliaments 1920-1990
  • Rajya Sabha member -
  • Member of the Indian National Congress
  • Lawyer ( India)
  • Indian
  • Born in 1908
  • Died in 1969
  • Woman
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