Sahodrabai Rai
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sahodrabai Rai
| image =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|4|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Botrai Village, Patharia, Damoh District, Madhya Pradesh, India
| death_date =
| death_place = {{death date and age|1981|3|26|1919|4|30|df=yes}}
| constituency1 = Sagar
| office1 = Member of Parliament
| term_start1 = 1957
| term_end1 = 1962
| predecessor1 = Sodia Khubchand Daryao Singh
| successor1 = Jawala Prasad Jyotishi
| constituency2 = Sagar
| office2 = Member of Parliament
| term_start2 = 1971
| term_end2 = 1977
| predecessor2 = Ramsingh Ayarwal
| successor2 = Narmada Prasad Rai
| constituency3 = Sagar
| office3 = Member of Parliament
| term_start3 = 1980
| term_end3 = 1981
| predecessor3 = Narmada Prasad Rai
| successor3 = Nandlal Choudhary
| party = Indian National Congress
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Politician
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| father = Niren Singh
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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{{cite web|url= http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1313.htm|title= 7th Lok Sabha - Members Bioprofile - RAI, SHRIMATI SAHODRABAI |accessdate=29 April 2015}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=008691820000|title= Sahodrabai Rai vs. Ram Sigh Aharwar |work=the-laws.com|accessdate=29 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://115.254.101.27/Loksabha/members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Madhya+Pradesh&lsno=2|title=Members : Lok Sabha|work=101.27|access-date=29 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150429072501/http://115.254.101.27/Loksabha/members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Madhya+Pradesh&lsno=2|archive-date=29 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}
She died in March 1981 at the age of 61.[https://www.patrika.com/satna-news/story-of-goa-virangana-sahodra-bai-6055178/ Story of Goa Virangana Sahodra Bai][https://books.google.com/books?id=5VJPAQAAMAAJ&q=Sahodrabai+Rai+1981 Parliamentary Committee: Summary of Work, Vol. 7 (1981), pg. 7]
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Category:20th-century Indian women politicians
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh
Category:Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh
Category:People from Damoh district
Category:People from Sagar district
Category:Women in Madhya Pradesh politics
Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha
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