Veteran social activist Pushpa Bhave dies after prolonged illness
Veteran social activist Pushpa Bhave died here following a prolonged illness, sources close to her said on Saturday. She was 81.
Pushpa Bhave
Mumbai: Veteran social activist Pushpa Bhave died here following a prolonged illness, sources close to her said on Saturday. She was 81.
Bhave died on Friday night. She is survived by her husband Anand Bhave, the sources said.
She was also an academician and an intellectual, who fought for the rights of common citizens, he said.
Bhave had taken part in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement and the Goa liberation movement.
During the Emergency, she had offered her home as shelter to underground political workers like Mrinal Gore.