| 词条 | Saraswathi Gora |
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| name = Saraswathi Gora | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = 28 September 1912 | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|08|19|1912|09|28|df=yes}} | death_place = Vijayawada, India | death_cause = | residence = | nationality = Indian | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Social worker | known_for = Co-founder of the Atheist Centre | spouse = Gora | children = (9)Lavanam Chennupati Vidya | parents = | relatives = Hemalatha Lavanam (daughter-in-law) | awards = Jamnalal Bajaj Award (1999) }} Saraswathi Gora (28 September 1912 – 19 August 2006) was an Indian social activist who served as leader of the Atheist Centre for many years, campaigning against untouchability and the caste system. BiographyIn the 1930s, Saraswathi championed and performed marriages of devadasis and of widows remarriages along with her husband Gora. After learning about their efforts to abolish untouchability and the caste system, and towards social reform, they were invited to Mahatma Gandhi's ashram in Sevagram in 1944, where they stayed for two weeks.[1] Along with her husband, Saraswathi established the Atheist Center in 1940. Their goal was to promote human values based on atheism, rationalism and Gandhism.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} A political activist of India's freedom movement, she was imprisoned during the Quit India movement. She went to jail carrying her two-and-half-year old son, Niyanta.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} Personal lifeHer autobiography My Life With Gora was published (in Telugu) in 2012. She died of lung infection on 19 August 2006 at Vijayawada.[2] Awards and recognitionIn 2001, she was selected for the Basava Puraskar, conferred by the Karnataka Government. She is also the recipient of the G.D.Birla International Award for Humanism ; the Jamnalal Bajaj Award (1999);[3] the Janaki Devi Bajaj Award;[4] and the Potti Sriramulu Telugu University Award.[5] References1. ^{{cite news|title=Saraswathi Gora selected for Basava Puraskar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/05/stories/0405402h.htm|accessdate=31 January 2018|work=The Hindu|date=5 April 2001}} 2. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/20/stories/2006082015870900.htm | title = Saraswathi Gora passes away | date = 20 August 2006 | work = The Hindu }} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Awards Archive |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2010 |date= |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Veteran freedom fighter Saraswathi Gora dies|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/08/19/veteran-freedom-fighter-saraswathi-gora-dies-1155971480.html|accessdate=5 February 2017|publisher=Oneindia|date=19 August 2006}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=The Hindu : Saraswathi Gora selected for Basava Puraskar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/05/stories/0405402h.htm|accessdate=5 February 2017|publisher=The Hindu}} External links
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