Dil Kumari Bhandari

Dil Kumari Bhandari is an Indian politician and the first woman member of parliament from Sikkim. She was also the president of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh, an organisation of the Indian Gorkhas till 2012. She has been constantly working for the cause of Nepali-speaking people, her most notable contribution being the inclusion of the Nepali language in the Eight Schedule of the Indian constitution.