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Sarojini Mahishi was born on 3 March 1927 in Karnataka, India. She was the daughter of Bindurao Mahishi and Rukminibai Mahishi. She completed her schooling from the Basel Mission School in Mangalore and later graduated from the University of Mysore in 1947.
Sarojini Mahishi was a prominent Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress. She was the first woman to become a minister in the Government of Karnataka. She served as the Minister of Education, Social Welfare, and Women and Child Development in the Government of Karnataka from 1983 to 1985.
Sarojini Mahishi was also a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1985 to 1991. She was the first woman to be appointed as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh in 1991. She was also the first woman to be appointed as the Governor of Bihar in 1997.
Sarojini Mahishi was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1992 for her contribution to public service. She passed away on 28 August 2020 at the age of 93.
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Sarojini Bindurao Mahishi |
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Teacher · Lawyer · Activist · Politician |
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97 years old |
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Pisces |
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3 March, 1927 |
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3 March |
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Dharwad, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Karnataka, India) |
| Date of death |
(2015-01-25) |
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Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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India |
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Mahishi died on 25 January 2015 at her residence in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Her remains were cremated in a crematorium in Lodhi Road, Delhi, and her last rites were performed by her brother P. B. Mahishi.
The committee was constituted in 1983, submitted interim report on 13.6.1984 and final report on 30.12.1986 and it made 58 recommendations. Of these recommendations, Government of Karnataka accepted 45 recommendations for implementation. Some of the recommendations are: 100 per cent reservation for Kannadigas in all State Government establishments and Public Sector units. 100 percent reservation for Kannadigas in group 'c' and group 'd' jobs in Central Government departments and PSUs operating in Karnataka. A Minimum of 80 percent and 65 reservation for Kannadigas for Group 'b' and Group 'a' jobs respectively, in Central Government units and PSUs operating in Karnataka. All Personnel officers in all industrial units in the state should invariably be a Kannadiga. Industries should appoint local people on priority.
Mahishi is best known for heading the committee appointed by the government of Karnataka in 1983 to recommend criteria for reservation in employment in the State. Submitting the recommendations in 1986, the committee recommended that a major percentage of employment in Karnataka should be reserved to the local people.
The Ramakrishna Hegde government appointed Mahishi in 1983 to head the committee which recommended a certain percentage of jobs to Kannadigas in public sector undertakings, private companies and multinational companies. Pro Kannada lobby groups such as Karnataka Rakshana Vedike have been pressurising the implementation of Dr. Sarojini Mahishi Report in Karnataka
During 1980 Indian general election, she was a member of Central Election Committee of Janata Party to select the candidates for election. In 1983, Sarojini Mahishi was elected to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Karnataka as a member of Janata Party. In 1989, she refused to accept the merger of Janata Party into Janata Dal. She continued to be member of Janata Party along with Indubhai Patel, Subramanian Swamy, Syed Shahabuddin and H. D. Deve Gowda.
Sarojini Bindurao Mahishi (3 March 1927 – 25 January 2015) was an Indian teacher, lawyer, activist and politician. She was the first woman Member of Parliament from the State of Karnataka, who represented the constituency Dharwad North for four terms between 1962 and 1980. In 1983 she was elected to the Rajya Sabha as member of the Janata Party.
Sarojini Mahishi was born to Kamalabai and Bindurao Mahishi on 3 March 1927 in Dharwad, a city in the erstwhile Bombay Presidency of British India (in present-day Karnataka). She was the second of eight children. Her father Bindurao was a leading advocate and Sanskrit scholar. Sarojini was schooled in the government-run schools of Dharwad before she attended Willingdon College in Sangli. She received a degree in law from the Raja Lakhamgouda Law College in Belgaum, and a master's degree in Sanskrit language.
