First Indian woman Chief Minister from Uttar Pradesh
Sucheta Kripalani
4th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office 2 October 1963 – 13 March 1967
Preceded by
Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Succeeded by
Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by
N. Dandekar
Succeeded by
Anand Singh
Constituency
Gonda
MLA in Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
In office 1962–1967
Succeeded by
Chandra Sekhar Singh
Constituency
Menhdawal
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
In office 1951–1961
Preceded by
constituency established
Succeeded by
Balraj Madhok
Constituency
New Delhi
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
In office 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Personal details
Born
(1908-06-25)25 June 1908 Ambala, Punjab, British India (present-day Haryana, India)
Died
1 December 1974(1974-12-01) (aged 66) New Delhi, India
Political party
INC
Spouse
J. B. Kripalani[1]
Alma mater
University of Delhi
Sucheta Kripalani (néeMajumdar; 25 June 1908[2] – 1 December 1974[3][4]) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first female Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.
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SuchetaKripalani (née Majumdar; 25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first female Chief Minister...
which he had won in 1991, and vacated New Delhi seat. SuchetaKripalani (Congress) SuchetaKripalani resigned her Lok Sabha seat in 1960 and became a minister...
female chief ministers. The first woman to become chief minister was SuchetaKripalani of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 2 October...
coalition government. Five of the INC chief ministers have been women – SuchetaKripalani for Uttar Pradesh, Nandini Satpathy for Odisha, Anwara Taimur for...
the following subcommittees: Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee – J. B. Kripalani Minorities Sub-Committee – Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, North-East Frontier...
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of the votes. Kripalani himself lost from the (now defunct) Faizabad District (North West) constituency, but his wife, SuchetaKripalani, was elected from...
was shot and she committed suicide later to avoid getting captured. SuchetaKripalani (25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974) was a freedom fighter and politician...
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Inshore patrol vessel ICGS Ahalyabai and the fast patrol vessel ICGS ICGS Sucheta Kriplani. He also commanded the Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel ICGS...
China, had fallen into disfavor during China's Cultural Revolution. SuchetaKripalani, 66, Indian freedom fighter and politician, died of a heart attack...
the riots that followed Indian independence, she worked alongside SuchetaKripalani for the rehabilitation of the riot victims. She served as a member...
Abbreviation AIMC Formation 15 September 1984 (38 years ago) Founders SuchetaKripalani, Indian National Congress Headquarters 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001...
2 years, 298 days 3rd (1962 election) 14 March 1962 1 October 1963 4 SuchetaKripalani Menhdawal 2 October 1963 13 March 1967 3 years, 162 days (3) Chandra...
Ghosh, the President of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee; SuchetaKripalani; Major General A. C. Chatterjee; Kumar Debendra Lal Khan and the editor...
politician Kavindra Chaudhary, politician Ankur Raj Tiwari, politician SuchetaKripalani, First Woman Chief Minister Of India, MLA from Mehndawal(1962–1967)...
organization based in the National Capital Region, together with SuchetaKripalani in 1952. Born in 1923 in the Indian state of Haryana, he completed...
and faculty S Radhakrishnan CV Raman APJ Abdul Kalam Girija Devi SuchetaKripalani N. Rajam B.C. Nirmal Adya Prasad Pandey S. R. Ranganathan Ramchandra...
Legislative Assembly Party From To Days Comment 01 3rd Vidhan Sabha SuchetaKripalani Indian National Congress March 1962 March 1967 1,828 02 4th Vidhan...
Prakash Congress in 1957, Janata Party only later in 1977 New Delhi SuchetaKripalani Indian National Congress Balraj Madhok (1961 bypoll) Bharatiya Jana...
Congress during the transfer of power in 1947 and the husband of Sucheta Kriplani. Kripalani was a Gandhian socialist, environmentalist, mystic and independence...
History and Religion Latika Katt, Professor of Visual Arts; sculptor SuchetaKripalani, Professor of Constitutional History Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania, Jain...
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