Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande
{{Short description|Indian politician (1929–2020)}}
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| name = Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande
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| birth_date = 1929
| birth_place = Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|9|19|1929||}}
| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| constituency = Mumbai Central
| office = Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start = 25 July 1973
| term_end = 21 May 1977
| predecessor = Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare
| successor = Ahilya Rangnekar
| party = Communist Party of India
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| spouse = Bani Deshpande
| children = One Son, One Daughter
| father = S.A. Dange
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Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande (1929 – 19 September 2020) was an Indian politician of the United Communist Party of India. She was associated with All India Communist Party during 1980 to 1987 and with Communist Party of India earlier.
Family background and education
She was the daughter of Shripad Amrit Dange, a founding member of the CPI and a stalwart of the Indian trade union movement. Her mother was Ushabai Dange,popularly known as Ushatai, a communist trade union leader. She wrote the first biography on her father.{{cite news|last1=Tare|first1=Kiran|title=Netaji's Friend in Deed |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/roza-deshpande-biography-on-amrut-dange-will-expose-communists-in-india/1/137305.html|accessdate=7 December 2015|publisher=India Today|date=7 May 2011}}
She was married to communist leader Vidyadhar Laxman Deshpande alias Bani Deshpande.{{cite news|url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article6146.html|title=Bani Deshpande Is No More| publisher=Mainstream Weekly}}
Political career
She was a member of the 5th Lok Sabha from Bombay Central constituency as a CPI candidate.{{cite web|title=Fifth Lok Sabha – State wise Details – Maharashtra|url=http://www.loksabha.nic.in/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Maharashtra&lsno=5|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|accessdate=7 December 2015}}
Deshpande took part in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement (the movement for the creation of the state of Maharashtra) and the Goa liberation struggle as a member of the All India Students Federation.{{cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/in-memory-of-mumbais-red-rose/articleshow/78209226.cms
|title=In memory of Mumbai’s Red Rose: Roza Deshpande’s death marks the end of an era of stalwarts who empowered the working class| work=Mumbai Mirror}}{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/champion-of-woman-labourers-veteran-communist-leader-roza-deshpande-dies-6602807/|title=Champion of woman labourers, veteran Communist leader Roza Deshpande dies| work=The Indian Express}}{{cite news|url=https://thewire.in/labour/roza-deshpande-was-the-last-of-the-indian-communist-stalwarts|title=Roza Deshpande Was the Last of the Indian Communist Stalwarts| publisher=The Wire (India)}}
Death
Roza Deshpande died on 19 September 2020 at her residence in Mumbai. She was then 91 years old.{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/sep/19/communist-veteran-roza-deshpande-passes-away-at-91-2199155.html|title=Communist veteran Roza Deshpande passes away at 91| publisher=The New Indian Express}}
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Category:Politicians from Mumbai
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