Violet Alva (April 24, 1908 - November 20, 1969) was an Indian politician and Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.. She was married to freedom fighter and later parliamentarian married to Joachim Alva in 1937.The government issued a stamp on couple in 2008. The couple had two sons and a daughter, amongst them Niranjan Alva married Margaret Alva, parliamentarian and later Governor of Uttarakhand. In 1952, Violet was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. She was Council_of_Ministers_of_the_Republic_of_India Ministers_of_State|Minister of State for Ministry of Home Affairs India from 1957-1962. In 1969 she resigned after Indira Gandhi backed someone else as Vice-President of the Nation. She was in race for nomination. When Joachim m...
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