Dhanvanthi Rama Rau

Dhanvanthi Rama Rau (Handoo)
Birthdate:	circa May 10, 1893
Birthplace:	Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Death:	July 19, 1987 (90-98) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (kidney failure)
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Rup Krishna Handoo and Bhagbhari Handoo Wife of Sir Benegal Rama Rau Mother of Santha Rama Rau and Premila Wagle Sister of Kamla Katju; Bishanwati Razdan; Kishanwati Sharga; Bali Krishna Handoo; Ram Krishna Handoo and 3 others

Managed by:	Amarnath Wanchoo
Last Updated:	May 17, 2021

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About Dhanvanthi Rama Rau

Dhanvanthi Rama Rau was one of the first Indian women to attend college and to teach at an institution of higher learning in India. Her career as an educator became an avenue for her social activism. She became secretary of the All-India Child Marriage Abolition League, a member of the International Alliance for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, and president of the All-India Women’s Conference. Her primary concern, however, was in the area of family planning and birth control. She worked for the Family Planning Association of India from 1949 to 1963 and was president of the International Planned Parenthood Association from 1963 to 1971. Her memoirs, An Inheritance, were first published in 1977.

She was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government in 1959

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1893	May 10, 1893	Birth of Dhanvanthi Rama Rau Dharwad, Karnataka, India
1921	1921	Birth of Premila Wagle
1923	January 24, 1923	Birth of Santha Rama Rau Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
1987	July 19, 1987 Age 94	Death of Dhanvanthi Rama Rau Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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