Durga Jain

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'''Durga Jain''' is an Indian social worker known for her works related to betterment of children suffering from [[Down syndrome]]. She was married into the [[Sahu Jain family]] and when her daughter was born, the daughter was detected with Down syndrome. She started a center for similar children; called Tinker Bell School at [[Pedder Road]], Mumbai in 1968 which later on moved within the premises of [[Sophia College]] in 1970. The institute received funds from her father-in-law [[Shreyans Prasad Jain]]. It later developed into a full time institute as [[SPJ Sadhana School]]. In 2014, she was awarded with [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

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[[Category:Social workers from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian women social workers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]]

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