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AN INSIGHT INTO THE POST-INDEPENDENCE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IN INDIA

ABSTRACT

Building on the nineteenth-century social reform movement, the Indian women’s movement progressed through the period of nationalism and the struggle for independence, ultimately reaching the democratic climate that emerged in India after the country’s achievement of independence. The achievement of the constitutional guarantee of equal rights for women gave the Indian women’s movement a new lease of life, but it fell short of realizing the full potential of feminism in India. The new women’s movement is presenting itself in the form of recently established organizations and groups, as well as new campaigns and demonstrations focused on achieving women’s independence. Given this, the present research aims to understand the women’s movement’s multiple components and track the changes it underwent in the years after independence.

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