Bathula Sumitra Devi #

Batthula Sumitra Devi an Indian politician, freedom fightress, social reformeress.

First-ever MLA from the Jubilee Hills constituency after the formation of Andhra Pradesh.

She was elected to the Legislative Assembly five times.

Jubilee Hills in 1957 (the first election after its formation), Hyderabad East in 1962, Medchal in 1967 and 1972, and Ibrahimpatnam in 1978.

Deputy Mayor of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.

Foundress of the Arya Yuvajana School in Chikkadpally and the Jagjivan School in Narayanguda.

She established khadi promotion centers and charkha units in Hyderabad.

she participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement organized by the Arya Satyagraha Samiti and was imprisoned for 20 days.

During the Quit India Movement in 1942, she worked with the Sultan Bazaar group and was arrested.

She fought against the Razakars, demanding the merger of the Hyderabad State with the Indian Union, and was imprisoned.