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Mai Bakhtawar Shaheed

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Indian farm worker (1880-1947) whose murder prompted legal reform

ActivistsLived 1880 to 1947 · aged 67
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Mai Bakhtawar Lashari Baloch was a peasant from the village Dodo Khan Sargani, near Roshanabad in Umerkot, Tando Bago Tehsil, Badin District in Sindh. Growing up in rural Sindh under British rule, she faced the challenges of poverty in a deeply patriarchal society.

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Mai Bakhtawar Lashari Baloch was a peasant from the village Dodo Khan Sargani, near Roshanabad in Umerkot, Tando Bago Tehsil, Badin District in Sindh. Growing up in rural Sindh under British rule, she faced the challenges of poverty in a deeply patriarchal society. Despite these obstacles, she courageously stood up against the injustices inflicted by local landlords. Her resistance ultimately led to her murder at the hands of a landlord and his men, marking her as a symbol of defiance against oppression.

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Lived 1880 to 1947 · aged 67
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