GITA UPADHYAY

Educator, Writer & Translator

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There is always a first time, a first someone who starts something remarkable. In 1964, when Gita Upadhyay completed her postgraduate degree in Political Science, she became the first woman from the Gorkha community of Assam to hold both graduate and postgraduate degrees. More than 60 years later, she created another moment in history. In 2025, she received the Padma Shri, becoming the first and only Assamese Gorkha woman to be honoured with