Com. Papa Umanath, a veteran of militant working class movements before and after independence who spent many of her youthful years in prison and has been in the forefront of the women's movement for decade. She was one of the founder members of AIDWA along with Com. Mallu Swarajyam ,Kanak Mukherjee, Lakshmi Sahgal, Ahilya Rangnekar, Mangaleshwari Deb Barma, Manjari Gupta , Ela Bhattacharya, Susheela Gopalan and Vimal Randive.
She was born in Karaikal (Kovilpati) on August 5, 1931. She was active in the communist party during 1940's when the party was illegal. She was arrested and send to jail in 1948 and 1962. She represented CPIM for a number of times in Tamil Nadu assembly. We pay our glowing tributes to the departed leader.
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