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Satya Rani Chadha

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Indian women's rights activist (1929-2014)

IndiaLived 1929 to 2014 · aged 85
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Satya Rani Chadha was a women's rights activist. She is known for launching the anti dowry movement in India in the 1980s together with fellow activist Shahjahan Aapa.

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Satya Rani Chadha was a women's rights activist. She is known for launching the anti dowry movement in India in the 1980s together with fellow activist Shahjahan Aapa. Both women were mothers whose daughters were killed as a result of dowry disputes, and for decades campaigned for justice and to change dowry practices in India. Together they founded Shakti Shalini, a Delhi-based refuge and women's rights organisation and combating dowry-related and gender based violence. Chadha is a recipient of the Neerja Bhanot Award.

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India
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deceased
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Lived 1929 to 2014 · aged 85
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