Born on 7 September 1903, Maydeo attended the Fergusson College, from where she received her B.Sc.
[1] She was the most prominent women member of the party in Pune (then in Bombay State) and when the first general elections of independent India were held, the INC made her its official candidate for Pune South constituency.
Maydeo obtained roughly 64% of the votes cast and defeated the Socialist Party candidate Shridhar Limaye to become the first women representative of Pune in the house.
[2] As a Member of Parliament, she brought a bill in the Lok Sabha concerning divorce but it was not discussed and eventually lapsed.
[1] Indira married Anant Govind Maydeo in 1927, from whom she had one son and three daughters.