Janaki Devi Bajaj

Janaki Devi Bajaj (7 January 1893 – 21 May 1979) was an Indian independence activist who was jailed for participating in Civil Disobedience Movement in 1932.

[1] The marriage was entirely harmonious and conventional, and Jankidevi was a devoted wife and mother.

At the time of their wedding, the Bajaj family was one of very average, middle-class tradespeople; over the years, Jamnalal would build a large business empire and become one of India's earliest industrialists.

[2] Jamnalal participated in the freedom struggle movement, and Jankidevi also took up khadi spinning on charkha, working for Gauseva and the betterment of the lives of harijans and their temple entry in 1928.

[3] She served as President of Akhil Bhartiya Goseva Sangh for many years since 1942.

Janaki Devi Bajaj receives Padma Vibhushan from the President of India, Rajendra Prasad