Kamla Chaudhry

Kamla Chaudhry (22 February 1908 – 1970) was an Indian short story writer in Hindi language and a Member of Parliament from Hapur in the 3rd Lok Sabha.

During the 1930 Civil disobedience movement, Chaudhry joined the Indian National Congress.

Since then she was actively involved in the Indian Independence Movement and was imprisoned by the British authorities multiple times.

[1] In 1962, Chaudhry became a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha after winning the 1962 Indian general election from Hapur as an official candidate of the INC.[2] She defeated her nearest rival by a margin of 28,633 votes.

Gender discrimination, exploitation of peasants and poor condition of widows were main themes in her works.