Mary Clubwala Jadhav
Mary Clubwala JadhavMBE(1909–1975) was anIndianphilanthropist.
She founded manyNGOsinChennaiand across India, and is often credited with setting up the oldest organized social-work bodies in the country. Her organizationGuild of Serviceoperates more than a dozen units related toorphanages,female literacy,the care and rehabilitation of disabled people, etc.[1]
Early life[edit]
Mary was born in 1909 inOotacamundin the thenMadras Presidencyto Rustom Patel and Allamai, member of the 300-strongParsicommunity of Madras city.[2]She was schooled in Madras and married Nogi Clubwala at the age of 18. They had a son, Khusro, in 1930. Nogi Clubwala died due to an illness in 1935. After this she devoted herself to social work. She later remarried to Major Chandrakant K Jadhav, an Indian army officer who was also working in the same areas of social work.[3]
Activities[edit]
In 1942, with World War II raging, Clubwala founded the Indian Hospitality Committee with helpers drawn mostly from the Guild of Service. A large number of Indian troops were stationed in and around Madras and they had very few amenities. Mrs. Clubwala persuaded women from all communities and walks of life to join in the effort to organise mobile canteens, hospital visits, diversional therapy and entertainment programmes. The public donated generously to the War Fund started by the Hospitality Committee which continued its efforts after the War by helping ex-servicemen and their families rehabilitate themselves. The victorious 14th Army presented Mary a Japanese sword in appreciation of her tremendous efforts. Mrs. Clubwala was called "the Darling of the Army" by General Cariappa. She started Madras School of Social work in 1952, the first school of social work in South India and second in India (after Tata Institute of Social Sciences- Mumbai).
She was appointed Sheriff of Madras in succession to Mr. R. E. Castell for one year in 1956.[4] She also honored theDuke of Edinburghon his visit to Madras (nowChennai) in 1961.[5]
Awards[edit]
- Member of theOrder of the British Empire(MBE) (1941 New Year Honours)[6]
- Padma Shri(1955)
- Padma Bhushan(1968)[7]
- Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honor of India (1975).[8]
References[edit]
- ^"Guild of Service founder's role hailed".The Hindu.30 September 2009.Retrieved4 July2012.
- ^"Mary Clubwala sculpture unveiled".14 July 2009.Retrieved4 July2012.
- ^"We care for Madras that is Chennai".Madras Musings.Retrieved11 April2022.
- ^"dated December 20, 1956: New Sheriff of Madras".The Hindu.20 December 2006.Retrieved4 July2012.
- ^"When Queen came calling".The Times of India.9 June 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 29 July 2013.Retrieved4 July2012.
- ^"No. 35029".The London Gazette(Supplement). 31 December 1940. p. 19.
- ^"Padma Awards"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 15 October 2015.Retrieved21 July2015.
- ^"Padma Vibhushan Awardees".Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.Archived fromthe originalon 31 January 2008.Retrieved28 June2009.
External links[edit]
- Guild of ServiceArchived9 August 2018 at theWayback Machine
- Politicians from Chennai
- Sheriffs of Madras
- Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in social work
- Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in social work
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- 1909 births
- Women sheriffs
- 1975 deaths
- Parsi people
- Women in Tamil Nadu politics
- Indian women philanthropists
- 20th-century Indian politicians
- People from Ooty
- 20th-century Indian women politicians
- 20th-century Indian educators
- Educators from Tamil Nadu
- Women educators from Tamil Nadu
- Social workers from Tamil Nadu
- 20th-century Indian philanthropists
- 20th-century Indian women educators
- 20th-century women philanthropists