Hyderabad: Honour eminence of Savitribai says Kavitha

Hyderabad: On the occasion of 190th birth anniversary of social reformer Savitri Bai Phule, MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha took to Twitter with a request to Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani.

The tweet said, "@smritiirani ji .. On the 190th birth anniversary of social reformer Savithribai Phule, I sincerely request her name to be added to the list of eminent women chairs to be established."

In January 2020, the Women and Child Development Ministry announced chairs to be set up in varsities in the name of 10 eminent women personalities. The list however missed out on one of the first reformers and indeed the first women reformer Savitri Bai Phule that India had.