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December 25, 2018
Sulagitti Narasamma, Indian midwife (born 1920)
Sulagitti Narasamma
Sulagitti Narasamma was an Indian midwife from Pavagada town, Tumakuru district of Karnataka state. She performed more than 20,000 traditional deliveries free of charge over a 70-year period of service in deprived regions of Karnataka with no medical facilities. Her work was honored with the National Citizen's award of India in 2012 and the country's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2018.
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