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Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande
Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
25 July 1973 – 21 May 1977
Preceded by Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare
Succeeded by Ahilya Rangnekar
Constituency Mumbai Central
Personal details
Born 1929
Mumbai, India
Died 19 September 2020(2020-09-19) (aged 90–91)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political party Communist Party of India
Spouse Bani Deshpande
Children One Son, One Daughter
Parent
  • S.A. Dange (father)

Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande (1929 – 19 September 2020) was an Indian politician of the United Communist Party of India. She was associated with All India Communist Party during 1980 to 1987 and with Communist Party of India earlier, with her husband, Bani Deshpande.

She was a member of the 5th Lok Sabha from Bombay Central constituency as a CPI candidate.

Deshpande took part in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement (the movement for the creation of the state of Maharashtra) and the Goa liberation struggle as a member of the All India Students Federation.

She was the daughter of Shripad Amrit Dange, a founding member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and a stalwart of the Indian trade union movement. She wrote the first biography on her father.

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