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unusual facts about Council of States


Council of States

Rajya Sabha, also known as the Council of States, the upper house of the Parliament of India


Radhabai Subbarayan

However, Radhabai was elected unopposed to the Council of States from a general constituency in 1938 and became the first women member of the Council of States.


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Mathai Manjooran

The speeches that he made in the Council of States on the occasion were praised time and again by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan who was the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha at that time.

The final effort of Mathai towards the formation of Kerala State was when he was a sitting member of the Council of States (the forerunner of the present Rajya Sabha) from 1952–54.