▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁unlike ▁during ▁the ▁British ▁rule ▁who ▁resist ed ▁allowing ▁women ▁to ▁vote . ▁The ▁Women ' s ▁Indian ▁Association ▁( W IA ) ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 . ▁It ▁sought ▁votes ▁for ▁women ▁and ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁hold ▁legisl ative ▁office ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁basis ▁as ▁men . ▁These ▁positions ▁were ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁the ▁main ▁political ▁group ings , ▁the ▁Indian ▁National ▁Congress . ▁British ▁and ▁Indian ▁femin ists ▁combined ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁to ▁publish ▁a ▁magazine ▁St ri ▁D har ma ▁that ▁featured ▁international ▁news ▁from ▁a ▁femin ist ▁perspective . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁in ▁the ▁Mont agu – Ch el ms ford ▁Re forms , ▁the ▁British ▁set ▁up ▁provincial ▁legisl atures ▁which ▁had ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁grant ▁women ' s ▁suff rage . ▁Mad ras ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁granted ▁votes ▁to ▁wealth y ▁and ▁educated ▁women , ▁under ▁the ▁same ▁terms ▁that ▁applied ▁to ▁men . ▁The ▁other ▁provinces ▁followed , ▁but ▁not ▁the ▁pr inc ely ▁states ▁( which ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁votes ▁for ▁men ▁either , ▁being ▁monarch ies ). ▁In ▁Beng al ▁province , ▁the ▁provincial ▁assembly ▁rejected ▁it ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁but ▁South ard ▁shows ▁an ▁inten se ▁campaign ▁produced ▁victory ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 . ▁Success ▁in ▁Beng al ▁dep ended ▁on ▁middle ▁class ▁Indian ▁women , ▁who ▁emer ged ▁from ▁a ▁fast - g row ing ▁urban ▁el