Avantikabai Gokhale

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An active member of the Salt satyagraha squads that were active in Bombay during the Salt Satyagraha movement in 1930. She organised many public salt making events in the city violating the restrictions that were in place on salt making. She was part of the women activists who had raised the Indian flag in October 1930 at Azad Maidain, for which she was jailed for one year.

She also worked at the Municipal Corporation and was involved in activities related to improving slum conditions.