GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Dame Rajkumari Bibiji Amrit Kaur (née Ahluwalia) DStJ (2 February 1887 – 6 February 1964) was an Indian activist and politician. Following her long-lasting association with the Indian independence movement, she was appointed the first Health Minister of India in 1947 and remained in office until 1957.

Detailed explanation-2: -Princess Amrit Kaur, a daughter of the ruling house of Kapurthala state in north‐central India, was for more than 30 years one of this country’s great champions of women’s rights. She sat in Parliament and served as National Health Minister from 1947, when India became independent, until 1957.

Detailed explanation-3: -Born on 2 February 1887, Kaur was a princess of the Kapurthala State in north‐central India. She was the youngest child and only daughter of Raja Sir Harnam Singh and Priscilla Golaknath. Like many other aristocratic Indian children, she would be sent to England for schooling.