Mangalore, Madras Presidency (in present-day Karnataka), British India
Died
29 October 1988(1988-10-29) (aged 85)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater
Queen Mary's College, Bedford College (London)
Spouses
Krishna Rao
(m. 1917–1919)
Harindranath Chattopadhyay
(m. 1923–1955)
Children
Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay
Awards
Ramon Magsaysay Award (1966) Padma Bhushan (1955) Padma Vibhushan (1987)
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (3 April 1903 – 29 October 1988) was an Indian social reformer. She has worked for the promotion of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in independent India to uplift the socio-economic standard of Indian women. She is the first woman in India to contest in elections from Madras Constituency, but lost.
She has headed the National School of Drama and Sangeet Natak Akademi. In 1974, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Academy, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.[1] She was conferred with Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan by Government of India in 1955 and 1987 respectively. She is known as Hatkargha Maa for her works in handloom sector.
^"SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Academy Ratna Puraskarwinners (Academy Fellows)". Official website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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