Legendary Lady Captain Laxmi Sehgal

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They are many legendary women's in the India, occusionToday is the world's international women's occasion we should now about great Captin.She is non-other than Captain Laxmi Sehgal.

She was Born on October 24, 1914, in Madras (now Chennai), to a family of a lawyer and a social activist, Sehgal was always brave and followed her heart. When untouchability was a common practice in India, she went to a tribal girl, held her hand and asked her to play with her.

She had to pay a price for following her heart but she never let that come in her way. She was married at a young age to a pilot P.K.N. Rao but she soon realized that it was a mistake and returned to her hometown in Madras to continue her MBBS.

In 1940, Sehgal moved to Singapore and started playing an active role in the India Independence League while also establishing a clinic for poor and migrant laborers from India.

She met Prem Sahgal, a soldier from the Indian Army who had joined the INA, and married him in 1947, settling down in Kanpur.



In 1971, Sehgal joined the Communist Party of India and represented the party in the Rajya Sabha. While actively participating in politics, she also organized medical and aid camps for refugees who came to India from Bangladesh during the Bangladesh crisis.

She was one of the founding members of All India Democratic Women’s Association in 1981. She was also nominated as a candidate in the presidential elections against Abdul Kalam in 2002.

She died on July 19, 2012, due to a cardiac arrest at the age of 97, in Kanpur. Her body was donated to Kanpur Medical College for medical research. She was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award, by the then Indian president K. R. Narayanan.