Q. Who among the following was the first Indian women who contested the elections in 1926?
Answer: Kamla Devi Chaltopadhyaya
Notes: Kamla Devi Chaltopadhyaya was the first Indian women who contested the elections in 1926, also represented the Indian women delegation to the Women International Conference at Berlin and hoisted the flag there. As a result, she was awarded rigorous imprisonment for 9 months. Later, she was released from Jail but again arrested at a number of times during the year 1944. She was decorated with Padma Bhushan in independent India. She also worked towards promotion of handicrafts and handloom. She was president of the all-India women’s conference and the Indian cooperative union; chairperson, all-India handicrafts board, and all-India designs centre, etc. she was the recipient of the watumall award (1962) and of the Magsaysay award (1966) for community leadership.

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