Shakuntala Devi (politician)
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| birth_place = Sangrampur, Bihar, British Raj{{cite web |title=Members Bioprofile |url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1362.htm |website=164.100.47.194 |access-date=9 January 2022}}
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| death_place = Patna, Bihar, India
| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
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Shakuntala Devi (10 October 1931 – 9 January 2022) was an Indian politician.
Biography
She was a Member of Parliament, representing Banka, Bihar in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.{{cite book|author=Niroja Sinhā|title=Empowerment Of Women Through Political Participation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEzaAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=10 April 2018|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|isbn=978-81-7835-345-6|page=16}}{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLZVAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=2003|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=516}}{{cite book|author=Joginder Kumar Chopra|title=Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjQ7zgQK9qcC&pg=PA175|accessdate=10 April 2018|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-513-5|pages=175–}} Devi died in Patna on 9 January 2022, at the age of 90.{{Cite news|title=कांग्रेस की दिग्गज नेत्री शकुंतला देवी का निधन, 1957 में पहली बार बांका से चुनी गई थीं सांसद|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhagalpur-bihar-politics-congress-veteran-woman-leader-shakuntala-devi-passed-away-for-the-first-time-in-1957-she-was-elected-mp-from-banka-22366280.html|access-date=2022-01-09|work=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}
References
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External links
- [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1362.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar
Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar
Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha
Category:Women in Bihar politics
Category:20th-century Indian women politicians
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