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

Sahodrabai Rai

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.

Sahodrabai Rai

She died in March 1981 at the age of 61.

Sahodrabai Rai

See also

List of people from Madhya Pradesh

References

1919 births

1981 deaths

20th-century Indian politicians

20th-century Indian women politicians

India MPs 1957–1962

India MPs 1962–1967

India MPs 1971–1977

India MPs 1980–1984

Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh

Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh

People from Damoh district

People from Sagar district

Women in Madhya Pradesh politics

Women members of the Lok Sabha