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| office = National Commissioners of the Bharat Scouts and Guides<br />
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'''Lakshmi Mazumdar''' of [[Delhi]] was the National Commissioner of the [[India]]n [[Scouting]] organization [[Bharat Scouts and Guides]] from November 1964 to April 1983, and supervised the construction of the [[Sangam World Girl Guide/Girl Scout Center]], which was inaugurated on 16 October 1966 by the World Chief Guide, Lady [[Olave Baden-Powell]].<br />
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Mazumdar joined Guiding at a very young age in 1922. After [[India's independence]], she held increasingly high responsibilities. In 1969 Mazumdar was awarded the ''[[Bronze Wolf]]'', the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the [[World Scout Committee]] for exceptional services to world Scouting.<ref name="wolfie">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List | title = List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award | publisher = [[World Organization of the Scout Movement|WOSM]] | website=scout.org |access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref><br />
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She received the [[Padma Shri]] in 1965.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=2190 | title=Padma Shri Awardees | publisher=National Portal of India | access-date=22 January 2019 }}</ref><br />
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