Gayatri Devi Yadav

{{Short description|Indian politician (1943–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gayatri Devi Yadav

| birth_date = 1943

| birth_place = Govindpur, Nawada, Bihar

| death_date = 9 April 2023

| death_place = Patna, Bihar

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| children = Kaushal Yadav

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| office = Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly

| constituency = Gobindpur{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/gobindpur.html|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Gobindpur Assembly Constituency|website=www.elections.in}}

| term_start = 1970

| term_end = 1972

| predecessor = Yugal Kishore Yadav

| successor = Amrit Prasad

| constituency1 = Nawada{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_Bh_72.pdf|title=1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006193525/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_Bh_72.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010 }}

| term_start1 = 1972

| term_end1 = 1977

| predecessor1 = Gaurishanker Keshari

| successor1 = Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi

| constituency2 = Gobindpur{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%20Bihar%201980.pdf|title=1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007132944/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%20Bihar%201980.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Stat_Rep_BH_90.pdf|title=1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114095013/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Stat_Rep_BH_90.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2012 }}

| term_start2 = 1980

| term_end2 = 1995

| predecessor2 = Bhatu Mahto

| successor2 = K.B. Prasad

| constituency3 = Gobindpur{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2000/STAI_REPORT_LA-BR-2000.pdf|title=2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006065823/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2000/STAI_REPORT_LA-BR-2000.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010 }}

| term_start3 = 2000

| term_end3 = 2005

| predecessor3 = K.B. Prasad

| successor3 = Kaushal Yadav

| party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

| otherparty = Indian National Congress (before 2000)

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Gayatri Devi Yadav (1943 - 9 April 2023){{cite web |title=Gayatri Devi: पति की मौत के बाद 'देवी जी' बनी थी विधायक, बेटे ने ही 35 साल के राजनीतिक करियर पर लगा दिया ब्रेक |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/nalanda-former-minister-of-bihar-gayatri-devi-also-popolar-as-devi-ji-became-mla-after-husbands-demise-son-kaushal-yadav-put-break-on-35-years-of-political-career-23380618.html |accessdate=9 April 2023 |website=www.jagran.com}} was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. She was elected from Gobindpur constituency as well as Nawada constituency in several times from 1970 to 2005 in a career spanning over 30 years. Her son Kaushal Yadav was also elected to Bihar Assembly from Gobindpur. She was a long term member of the Indian National Congress from 1970 to 2000 then she joined Rashtriya Janata Dal in 2000. She died on 9 April 2023, in Patna, Bihar.{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/nawada-gayatri-devi-passed-away-mla-for-27-years-wave-of-mourning-spread-in-political-corridor-5814689.html|title=पूर्व मंत्री गायत्री देवी का निधन, 27 सालों तक रहीं विधायक, राजनीतिक गलियारी में फैली शोक की लहर|website=hindi.news18.com|access-date=9 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=पूर्व मंत्री का निधन, 27 साल विधायक रहीं गायत्री देवी, राजकीय सम्मान से होगा अंतिम संस्कार |url=https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/patna/former-minister-gayatri-devi-dies-at-the-age-of-80-in-patna-will-be-cremated-with-state-honors-2023-04-09 |access-date=9 April 2023 |website=www.amarujala.com}}