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{{Infobox person
| name = Lila Ramkumar Bhargava
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| birth_place = [[India]], 1921-1922
| death_date = 25 May 2014
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
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| occupation = Social worker, freedom fighter
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| spouse = Munshi Ram Kumar Bhargava
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| children = [[Ranjit Bhargava]]
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Rani Lila Ramkumar Bhargava''' was an Indian [[Freedom Fighter|freedom fighter]], [[social work]]er, educationist<ref name="First death anniversary observed">{{cite web | url=http://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20150418/281646778673163/TextView | title=First death anniversary observed | publisher=Press Reader | date=2015 | access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> and a former leader of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Freedom fighter Rani Lila Ram Kumar Bhargava passes away">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/freedom-fighter-rani-lila-ram-kumar-bhargava-passes-away-114052500580_1.html | title=Freedom fighter Rani Lila Ram Kumar Bhargava passes away | publisher=Business Standard | date=25 May 2014 | access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> She was an associate of Indian prime minister, [[Indira Gandhi]]<ref name="Freedom fighter Rani Lila Ram Kumar Bhargava passes away" /> and was married into the family of [[Munshi Nawal Kishore]], the founder of reportedly the oldest [[printing press]] in [[Asia]], [[Nawal Kishore Press]],<ref name="Post Haste Quintessential India">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1PqAgAAQBAJ&q=Ranjit+Bhargava&pg=PT219 | title=Post Haste Quintessential India | publisher=Wstland | author=B. G. Varghese | year=2014 | isbn=9789383260973 | access-date=28 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528160257/https://books.google.ae/books?id=C1PqAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT219&lpg=PT219&dq=Ranjit+Bhargava&source=bl&ots=_H9j7bbqJE&sig=KNig4z44pZVoWdnIH3uAu2lBlfA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5gxmVPXiN4SzPc7jgegJ#v=onepage&q=Ranjit%20Bhargava&f=false | archive-date=28 May 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> to Munshi Ramkumar Bhargava, a fourth generation member of the family and the holder of the title of ''Raja'' from [[Lord Wavell]], then [[Viceroy of India]],<ref name="Ranjit Bhargava">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uw0sjyxjbE | title=Ranjit Bhargava | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=19 August 2011 | access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref>

Her son, [[Ranjit Bhargava]] is a noted [[environmentalist]]<ref name="Drive to get Upper Ganga declared a World Heritage site">{{cite web | url=http://www.gangaaction.org/drive-to-get-upper-ganga-declared-a-world-heritage-site/ | title=Drive to get Upper Ganga declared a World Heritage site | publisher=Ganga Action Parivar | date=2012 | access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> and a [[Padma Shri]] awardee.<ref name="Ranjit Bhargava" /> She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1971 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

She left three sons and a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=May 25|first1=Ashish Tripathi {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2014|last3=Ist|first3=20:01|title=Veteran freedom fighter Rani Lila Ram Kumar Bhargava died following brief illenss at the PGI hospital. Bhargava is survived by three sons and a daughter - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Veteran-freedom-fighter-Rani-Lila-Ram-Kumar-Bhargava-died-following-brief-illenss-at-the-PGI-hospital-Bhargava-is-survived-by-three-sons-and-a-daughter/articleshow/35608579.cms|access-date=2020-06-23|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

She died on 25 May 2014 at [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], aged 92.<ref name="Freedom fighter Rani Lila Ram Kumar Bhargava passes away" />

==See also==
* [[Munshi Nawal Kishore]]
* [[Ranjit Bhargava]]

==References==
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