CHATURVEDI, SHRIMATI VIDYAWATI [Congress (I)—Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho, 1984]  d. of Shri Nathuramji Rawat; b. at Kulpahar Village, Hamirpur District, Uttar Pradesh, December 6, 1926; ed. privately Sahitya Ratan and Vaid Visharad; m. late Shri Babu Ram Chaturvedi; 3 s. and 1 d.; Agriculturist; Headmistress in a Girls’ School in Garhi Malhera, Chhatarpur, M.P.; President, (i) Women’s Department of Vindhya Pradesh Congress and Madhya Pradesh Women Congress Committee; Chairman, All India Women’s Congress; President, Workers’ Union Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan, (ii) D.D.A. Draftsmen’s Union; Vice-President, Madhya Pradesh, Pradesh Congress Committee; Member, (i) All India Women’s Cooperative Union, (ii) Madhya Pradesh Women’s Education Committee, (iii) Madhya Pradesh  Social Welfare Committee, (iv) Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board; General Secretary, Chhatarpur Congress Committee; Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1957-62 and was Member, (i) Estimates Committee and (ii) Panel of Chairmen, Legislative Assembly; Member, (i) Rajya Sabha 1967-78, (ii) Petitions Committee, (iii) Committee on Government Assurances; Member, (i) Seventh Lok Sabha, 1980-84, (ii) House Committee, 1980-82 and (iii) Public Accounts Committee, 1982-84; went to Berlin as a representative of Government of India during International Women’s Year.

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Gardening, kitchen garden etc.

Special interests:  Working for women’s education and their upliftment.

Travels abroad:  Iran, Kuwait, German Democratic Republic, Italy, Greece, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Nepal, Japan and South Korea.

Permanent address:  Toria House, Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh.