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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which state government has distribute 600 pink teddy bears to first time women voters across the state.
A
Assam
B
Uttar Pradesh
C
Bihar
D
Goa
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Women gained enfranchisement in the Central Provinces, in 1927, and in Bihar and Orissa Province, in 1929. At the end of the 1920s, franchise had been extended to almost all provinces in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1756, Lydia Taft became the first legal woman voter in colonial America. This occurred under British rule in the Massachusetts Colony. In a New England town meeting in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, she voted on at least three occasions. Unmarried white women who owned property could vote in New Jersey from 1776 to 1807.

Detailed explanation-3: -The British rule had given voting rights only to a few. In India, before independence, only a small minority was allowed to vote.

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