death_date office term birth_date spouse article_title name death_cause
20 november 1969 deputy chairperson of the rajya sabha 19 april 1962 - 16 november 1969 24 april 1908 joachim alva violet alva
 violet alva cerebral haemorrhage
violet alva

violet hari alva -lrb- 24 april 1908 - 20 november 1969 -rrb- was an indian lawyer , politician and deputy chairperson of the rajya sabha .
she was the first woman lawyer to appear before a high court in india and the first to preside over the rajya sabha .
