Veteran socialist leader Mrinal Gore dead
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Veteran socialist leader Mrinal Gore dead

New Delhi : India | Jul 17, 2012 at 8:25 AM PDT
Source: NewKerala
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Considered the last of Maharashtra's socialist pillars, Gore came to be known as "Paaniwali Bai" after she stormed inside the Mumbai civic headquarters and tore up papers as municipal laws did not permit water connections to slums. She contested the civic elections in 1961 for the first time and won... FULL ARTICLE AT NewKerala
 
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