[25] JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AND INDIAN WOMEN: How to Cite the Article: Sarah Naqvi Shirin (2025). Jawaharlal Nehru And Indian Women. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research & Reviews. 4(3). 275-280. https://doi.org/10.56815/ijmrr.v4i3.2025.275-280

Dr. Sarah Naqvi Shirin

Authors

Dr. Sarah Naqvi Shirin Faculty, Department. of B.A.(Honours) Bangalore University, Bengaluru

Abstract

Jawaharlal Nehru, the greatest emancipator of women in India, played a significant role for the amelioration of their socio - economic condition and made every effort to raise their status socially, economically, politically and educationally to make them at par with men. To him "a country is judged by the standard of its women-folk...." Hence, he forced them out of their seclusion and turned "the dolls and playthings" into valiant soldiers to fight the battle for freedom. All strode down to the sea like proud warriors and turned this struggle into a beautiful epic. To Jawaharlal Nehru, women’s participation in large numbers in the national struggle in response to Gandhi’s call was a social revolution of sorts. It broke barriers of social restraint and gave women a new cause and sense of commitment. As he wrote in his Discovery of India, ‘... a remarkable thing happened. Our women came to the front and took charge of the struggle… Here were these women, women of the upper or middle classes, leading sheltered lives in their homes- peasant women, working class women, rich women – pouring out in their tens of thousands in defiance of government order and police lathi.