Even after 7 decades of India being Independent and having the world’s largest constitution. Everyone would answer “Who is the Father of our Constitution?”, but what about the mothers of the Indian Constitution? Do we even know that some women helped shape the country’s constitution, and didn’t restrict themselves to shaping round rotis!
All these years, our textbooks have always made us stick around the Father of the Consitution, the Father of the country, and the Father in each field, but where are mothers? The actual architect of our constitution, who not only built the laws but also designed the foundation of the country’s constitution to make each woman feel free in the present.
How many of us even knew that among 299 members of the constitution back then, there were 15 headstrong women who till today haven’t been given much recognition for gaining bare minimum rights, which was considered to be rebellious back then!
Now take the example of Ammu Swaminathan: A woman born in an upper-cast family, who herself was a victim of Child Marriage, actively fought against caste discrimination, also advocated against the practice of child marriage.
Her fight for the Child Marriage Restrain Act, the Age of Consent Act, and various other bills, were later pushed forward for Hindu Religious law.
Do you know? Who was the 1st ever Indian female to hoist the 1st Indian flag on 15th August 1947? She was none other than Hansa Jivraj Mehta who hoisted the flag representing all women across the country, a women’s rights activist, a member of parliament, and served other roles for the development of women in a country like India.
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Princess by birth, but her passion towards, made her a free her country made her a freedom fighter. Its none other than Amrit Kaur, her passion for shaping a good future for Indians made her join Gandhi in the Civil Disobedience movement in 1930 and was passionate about the political participation of women.
In the above list of women who not only helped in shaping the country’s constitution but also were amongst those female freedom fighters who once saw a dream of an independent India made it possible as a result of their endless struggles. Women like these from different cultures, traditions, and geographical conditions, always had one thing in common, and that was their constant urge to make women as powerful as men were portrayed to be in those times.
And after 7 decades of their constant struggle have we reached to their desired position?
