Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande (1929 – 19 September 2020) was an Indian politician of the

United Communist Party of India United Communist Party of India (UCPI), is a political party in India. It was formed in 1989 when Indian Communist Party (Sen), Indian Communist Party led by Com. Mohit Sen along with Com Ramesh Sinha, M. Kalyanasundaram, K.Manickam, D. Pandia ...

. She was associated with

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during 1980 to 1987 and with

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earlier.

Family background and education

She was the daughter of Shripad Amrit Dange, a founding member of the CPI and a stalwart of the Indian trade union movement. Her mother was Ushabai Dange,popularly known as Ushatai, a communist trade union leader. She wrote the first biography on her father. She was married to communist leader Vidyadhar Laxman Deshpande alias Bani Deshpande.

Political career

She was a member of the 5th Lok Sabha from Bombay Central constituency as a CPI candidate. Deshpande took part in the

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(the movement for the creation of the state of Maharashtra) and the Goa liberation struggle as a member of the

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Death

Roza Deshpande died on 19 September 2020 at her residence in Mumbai. She was then 91 years old.

References

1929 births India MPs 1971–1977 Politicians from Mumbai Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra 2020 deaths Communist Party of India politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-politician-stub