Who was the first woman to be nominated as the member of Rajya Sabha?

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Who was the first woman to be nominated as the member of Rajya Sabha?

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Polity

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SSC

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0,10,15,7,6,10,2

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{'rajya sabha': [50, 3, 22, 40], 'rajkumari amrit kaur': [4, 0, 1, 0], 'first woman': [5, 0, 1, 3], 'rukmini devi arundale': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'kamaladevichattopadhyay': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'sucheta kriplani': [4, 0, 1, 0]}

The correct answer is option 3, Rukmini Devi Arundale. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, option 1, was the first woman to hold a cabinet position in India. Sucheta Kriplani, option 2, was the first female Chief Minister of an Indian state. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, option 4, was a social reformer and activist, but she was not the first woman to be nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha. Rukmini Devi Arundale, an eminent dancer and choreographer, was nominated as the first woman member of Rajya Sabha in 1952. She was a proponent of Indian classical dance and played a significant role in the revival of Bharatanatyam. Through her nomination, she became a trailblazer for women in Indian politics.