Ahmedabad: Social activist Ila Pathak on Thursday passed away following a brief illness at a hospital here, the city-based NGO umbrella group 'Charkha' said.
Pathak Passes Away (80) was the founder secretary of Ahmedabad Women's Action Group (AWAG).
A former professor of H K Arts College and president of India Chapter of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Pathak passed away today at 4 pm, said a statement by Movement for Secular Democracy (MSD).
Born in 1933, she was an active member of MSD and vice-president of Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties' (PUCL).
Pathak played a key role in movement for justice to the victims of 2002 Gujarat riots, movement against Patan P T C College gangrape incident, etc. She also supported Manipur's Irom Sharmila's agitation against Armed Forces Special Powers' Act (AFSPA).
She will be cremated tomorrow at Thaltej crematorium here.
Pathak Passes Away (80) was the founder secretary of Ahmedabad Women's Action Group (AWAG).
Born in 1933, she was an active member of MSD and vice-president of Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties' (PUCL).
Pathak played a key role in movement for justice to the victims of 2002 Gujarat riots, movement against Patan P T C College gangrape incident, etc. She also supported Manipur's Irom Sharmila's agitation against Armed Forces Special Powers' Act (AFSPA).
She will be cremated tomorrow at Thaltej crematorium here.
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