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'''Kamla Chaudhry''' (1908–1970) was an Indian short story writer in [[Hindi language]] and Jagadeesh Kumar a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] from [[Hapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hapur]] in the [[3rd Lok Sabha]].

==Early life==
Kamla Chaudhry was born on 22 February 1908 in [[Lucknow]]. Her father Rai Manmohan Dayal was a deputy collector.<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Chaudhri, Shrimati Kamala|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1452.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref> Her maternal great grandfather was the commander of Independent Awadh forces at Lucknow in 1857 First War of Independence.

==Career==
During the 1930 [[Civil disobedience]] movement, Chaudhry joined the [[Indian National Congress]]. Since then she was actively involved in the [[Indian Independence Movement]] and was imprisoned by the British authorities multiple times. She acted as the Senior Vice-chairperson during the 54th session of the [[All India Congress Committee]]. She was an elected member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] and after the constitution was adopted she served as a member of the Provincial Government of India till 1952. She was also a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] State Social Welfare Advisory Board.<ref name="LS" />

In 1962, Chaudhry became a member of the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] after winning the [[1962 Indian general election]] from [[Hapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hapur]] as an official candidate of the INC.<ref name="SP">{{cite book|title=Saṃsadīya Patrikā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfhflI69xYsC|volume=43|year=1997|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|language=Hindi|page=76}}</ref> She defeated her nearest rival by a margin of 28,633 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962 to the Third Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_II_LS_62.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=28 November 2017|page=440}}</ref> Four collections of her stories; ''Unmaad'' (1934), ''Picnic'' (1936), ''Yatra'' (1947) and ''Bel Patra'' were published. Gender discrimination, exploitation of peasants and poor condition of widows were main themes in her works.<ref name="TharuLalita1991">{{cite book|last1=Tharu|first1=Susie J.|last2=Lalita|first2=Ke|title=Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u297RJP9gvwC&pg=PA472|year=1991|publisher=Feminist Press at CUNY|isbn=978-1-55861-027-9|page=472}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She married J.M. Chaudhry in February 1922. <ref name="SP" />
Her father in law was one of founders of Swarajya Party.
She had several children including Writer and Author Dr. Ira Saxena as well as Late Madhavendra Mohan and Dr. Hemendra Mohan Chaudhry.

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