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Durgabai Kamat was a Marathi actress, who was the first actress in Indian cinema. In the early 1900s, acting in film or theatre was a taboo for women, so much so Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema, had to use male actors for female roles in first Indian film, Raja Harishchandra. However with its success, female actresses were encouraged. Thus he introduced Kamat in his 1913 second movie Mohini Bhasmasur as a leading lady Parvati, while her daughter Kamlabai Gokhale, played the role of Mohini, thus becoming the first female child actress of Indian cinema. After Kamat, other actresses started working in cinema.

Durgabai Deshmukh fue una luchadora por la libertad de la India, abogada, trabajadora social y política, miembro de la Asamblea Constituyente de la India y de la Comisión de Planificación de la India y fundadora de varias instituciones con finalidades sociales. Revolucionó el concepto de trabajo social, a partir de las bases establecidas por estadistas como Mahatma Gandhi y puso los cimientos para el apoyo y reconocimiento del Estado a estas instituciones.