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| name = Sheela Gautam<br />
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| constituency = [[Aligarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Aligarh]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]])<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]<br />
| term = [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]], [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]], [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] & [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
June 1991 - May 2004<br />
| predecessor = [[Usha Rani Tomar]]<br />
| successor = [[Bijendra Singh]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|11|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|06|08|1931|11|15}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
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| citizenship = Indian<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
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| spouse = Late Lt. Col. H.S. Gautam<br />
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| children = One son & one daughter<br />
| residence = [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] & [[New Delhi]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Lucknow University]]<br />
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'''Sheela Gautam''' (15 November 1931 - 8 June 2019) was an Indian billionaire politician and businesswoman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sleepwell founder, ex-MP Sheela Gautam dead at 88 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/sleepwell-founder-ex-mp-sheela-gautam-dead-at-88-119060900301_1.html |publisher=Business Standard |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> She was the founder and owner of Sheela Foam Limited, run by her son Rahul Gautam, which sells mattresses under the Sleepwell brand among others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sheela-gautam|title=Sheela Gautam|date=March 6, 2018|work=[[Forbes.com]]|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=24269645|title=Sheela Foam Limited: Private Company Information|website=[[Bloomberg.com]]|access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> A member of the [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] she served in the [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]], [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]], [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] & [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] [[Lok Sabha]]s of [[India]]. She represented the [[Aligarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Aligarh Lok Sabha constituency]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] for 13 years in row from June 1991 to May 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aligarh.net.in/parliamentary-constituency-in-aligarh|title=Parliamentary Constituency In Aligarh|website=aligarh.net.in|access-date=2018-08-22}}</ref> She is the daughter of the famous freedom fighter Late Mohan Lal Gautam.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Sheela Gautam was born in a [[brahmin]] family<ref>{{Cite web|last=University|first=Sheela Bhatt at the Aligarh Muslim|title=Reading the Muslim mind in UP and Bihar|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2009/apr/22loksabhapoll-reading-the-muslim-mind-in-up-and-bihar.htm|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Rediff|language=en}}</ref> at gabhana [[Aligarh district]]. Her parents were Indian freedom activist Pt. Mohan Lal Gautam and Smt. Draupadi Gautam. At that time, the [[British Raj]] occupied India so she spent her life in several places. She got a B.A., B.Ed., and diploma in management from [[Lucknow University]], Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).<br />
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==Marriage==<br />
She married Lt. Col. H.S. Gautam who died of cancer.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
She joined politics with the [[Indian National Congress]] but resigned and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She held the post of MP continuously from 1991 through 2004 as a member of the 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th Lok Sabha. She is the record longest-serving [[Lok Sabha]] MP from [[Aligarh (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Aligarh]] Lok Sabha constituency. <br />
In May 2004 elections she lost to [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Bijendra Singh]] by a margin of 2800 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/ls04up.htm|title=Uttar Pradesh Loksabha Election Constituency wise Results|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><br />
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