Aruna roy sonia gandhi biography

Aruna Roy is an Indian RTI and social activist, and founder of the Indian political organisation &#;Workers and Peasants Strength Union.&#; She was conferred with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership in In , she became the president of the National Federation of Indian Women, which is the Communist Party of India&#;s women&#;s wing.

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Aruna Roy was born on Sunday, 26 May (age 77 years; as of ) in Madras Presidency, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India). She attended different schools including a conservative convent school of Jesus and Mary in Madras, the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in New Delhi, and Kalakshetra, a famous art school in Adayar, Madras.

When she was enrolled at Kalakshetra, she learnt art, Bharata Natyam, and Indian Carnatic classical music. In , she pursued a bachelor&#;s degree in English Literature at Indraprastha Coll