DR. MISS. INDUTAI PATWARDHAN
Princess of Jamkhendi (Karantaka State)

Born : 14th May 1926
Left for heavenly abode: 8th Feb 1999

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Dr Indu Patwardhan left has home to join Gandhiji's movement of Sabarmati in 1942, later was trained as a school teacher by Madam Maria Montessory, and was working at St. Columbia High School, Bombay for two months before being selected to join the then British India Red Cross and St. John Ambulance. After the intensive training she was posted to Burma under active service during World War II and was the first Indian lady working actively in South East Asia thereafter worked in military hospital, Poona.

She was the joint lady camp commandant with lady Martten and was responsible for the rehabilitation of refugees and abducted women in Pakistan. Later studied Homeopathy and started her own clinic in rural areas of Poona, worked with the Poona Women's Council, the troops aid committee. is a founder member of Poona Blindmen's Association. In 1965 started worked with Leprosy people and in 1970 established Anandgram.