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| birth_place = [[Lucknow]]<br />
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| education = [[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martiere Girls]] [[Lucknow University]]<br />
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'''Isha Basant Joshi''' (born '''Isha Basant Mukand'''; 31 December 1908, date of death unknown) was an Indian Administrative Service officer and author. She published books under the name of Esha Joshi. She was the first Indian to be accepted into the "Bastion of the British" school of [[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martiniere Girls High School]] in [[Lucknow]], [[India]].<ref name=ut>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041114/women.htm#1 Uncivil Treatment] Shahira Naim ''The Tribune'' 14 November 2004, Chandigarh, India accessed July 2007</ref> She was the first woman Indian Administrative Services officer of British India.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Joshi was born on 31 December 1908. After attending the La Martinere Girls High School, [[Lucknow]], She went to [[Isabella Thoburn College]] and the [[University of Lucknow|Lucknow University]], where she gained her Master of Arts.{{Citation needed|date= March 2020}} She undertook higher studies in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and then became a part of the [[Indian Administrative Service]]s.{{Citation needed|date= March 2020}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
The first woman IAS officer of Independent India, Joshi was posted as [[Magistrate]] and then as [[Assistant commissioner (revenue)|Assistant Commissioner]] in Delhi.{{Citation needed|date= March 2020}} She held senior and honorable positions in various departments and became the Commissioner-cum-State-Editor of the District Gazette.{{Citation needed|date= March 2020}} She then served in senior roles in the [[Ministry of Education]]. She edited a magazine before retiring from service in 1966.{{Citation needed|date= March 2020}} Joshi started her next phase of career as an author after her service as a [[Civil service|civil servant]] of India. She published a number of books under the name of Esha Joshi.{{Citation needed|date= March 2020}}<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
In 2004, it was reported that Joshi, who at that time was a 96-year-old widow, was being looked after by distant relatives in the servant quarters of a mansion on Kabir Marg in [[Lucknow]]. Following media reports, she was taken inside.<ref name=LucknowObserver>[http://lucknowobserver.com/isha-basant-joshi/ The Lucknow Observer] January 2016</ref><br />
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== Major works ==<br />
* ''The Jewel in the Case and other stories'', {{ISBN|81-7189-564-6}} <ref name=esha>[http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Esha%20Joshi Esha Joshi at Alibris.com] accessed July 2007</ref><br />
* ''Spindrift: Poems'', {{ISBN|81-7189-562-X}}, 1994, Writers Workshop <ref name=esha/><br />
* ''Sanctuary'', poems, 1987<br />
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