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	'''Ansuyabai Bhaorao Borkar''' was a social activist, [[Indian National Congress]] politician and member of the [[1st Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the Indian Parliament from 1955–57.		'''Ansuyabai Bhaorao Borkar''' was a social activist, [[Indian National Congress]] politician and member of the [[1st Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the Indian Parliament from 1955–57.
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'''Ansuyabai Bhaorao Borkar''' was a social activist, [[Indian National Congress]] politician and member of the [[1st Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the Indian Parliament from 1955–57.

==Early life==
Ansuyabai was born in Kampti, Madhya Pradesh (then a part of [[Central Provinces and Berar]]) in 1929 to a family of cultivators.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Synopsis of Debates: Obituary References|url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls13/ses4/03082k.htm|publisher=[[Parliament of India]]|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref> She received education from Salem Girls Hindi English Middle School of [[Raipur]].<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Borkar, Shrimati Ansuyabai|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/549.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Borkar was an active social worker and conducted education programs for adult women in Nagpur.<ref name="Obituary" /> She was also a member of the Nagpur district committee of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) party.<ref name="LS" /><ref name="Ralhan1995">{{cite book|last=Ralhan|first=O. P.|title=Indian Women Through Ages: Eminent Indian Women in Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-G3aAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Anmol Publications|isbn=978-81-7488-143-4|page=39}}</ref>

After the death of her husband, a sitting MP, Borkar contested for and won a seat from the two-member [[Bhandara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhandara]] (Reserved, Madhya Pradesh) constituency in the 1955 bye-election as an INC candidate; obtaining 84,458 votes. The opposing [[Scheduled Castes Federation]] candidate secured approx 58,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Election Results of Bye-elections, 1952-1995|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=1 November 2017|format=XLS}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1947, she married INC politician [[Bhaurao Borkar]]. Together they had three daughters.<ref name="LS" /> Bhaurao was an MP from Bhandara and died in office on 2 February 1955.<ref name="Sabha2003">{{cite book|title=Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLZVAAAAYAAJ|year=2003|publisher=[[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha Secretariat]]|page=74}}</ref>

Borkar died in Nagpur, Maharashtra on 18 July 2000.<ref name="Obituary" />

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