Question

To what extent the suffragette movement helped the women in India to get their voting rights. Explain

Answer 1

Dear student,

Women's suffrage in India was a movement to fight for the right for women to achieve political privileges such as right to vote. It also raised voice for the right to stand in elections and hold office. It was successful in providing women the right to vote by the time of independence. The establishment of the Constituent Assembly for drafting of the new Constitution gave first priority to establish universal adult suffrage, eliminating the gender, income, property, and educational restrictions on voting. Hence, women got the right to vote from the first general elections held in 1951.

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