Mrs Hansa Mehta; Jivraj Narayan Mehta Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Mrs Hansa Mehta; Jivraj Narayan Mehta NPG x153953

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

Reformist, social activist, educator, independence activist, and writer. She participated in freedom movement activities leading to arrest and spells in prison. She held various different roles in India from 1945-60. As president of All India Women's Conference (1945-6) she proposed a Charter of Women's Rights. She represented India on the Nuclear Sub-Comittee on the status of women in 1946 and served as the Indian delegate on the UN Human Rights Commission (1947-48). She was responsible for changing the language of the Universal Declaration of Human... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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