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Tributes to Indian woman freedom fighter Malati Devi Chaudhary on her birth anniversary.
She played an important role in India’s Independence Movement.
She organised the Utkal Congress Samajvadi Karmi Sangh, the Orissa branch of the All India Congress Socialist Party.
She organized 'Krusaka Andolan' against the exploitation of poor by the moneylenders and zamindars.
She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.
She was part of Bhoodan Movement started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
She set up the Bajiraut Chhatravas to educate the children of freedom fighters.
She established the Utkal Provisional Kisan Sabha.
She also founded Utkal Navjeevan Mandal in Orissa that worked towards rural development and tribal welfare.
M. K. Gandhi had nicknamed Malati as "Toophani".

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