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'''Dwarika Devi Thakurani''' ({{lang-ne|[[:ne:द्वारिकादेवी ठकुरानी|द्वारिकादेवी ठकुरानी]]}}) was a Nepali politician, the first Nepali woman to be elected to parliament and the first woman to become a cabinet minister.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Thakurani was elected to parliament in the first democratic election of Nepal, held in February 1959. She was a candidate from Constituency No. 66,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/MARCHING_AHEAD_final_layout_English.pdf|title=Marching Ahead|last=|first=|date=|website=National Democratic Institute|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref> [[Dadeldhura District]] for [[Nepali Congress]]. She was the only woman elected to the House of Representatives (out of 15 that ran),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BKYyDwAAQBAJ|title=Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia: Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government|last=Ahmed|first=Nizam|date=2017-08-24|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-57475-2|language=en}}</ref> and jointly the first woman in the Nepalese parliament, alongside [[Kamal Rana]], who had been appointed to the Senate.<ref>Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal (2004) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1-Q7UjA_luoC&pg=PA92 Femmes et politique en Inde et au Népal] pp92–93</ref><br />
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Following the election, she was also appointed deputy minister of Health and Local Self-governance on 27 May 1959 in the [[BP Koirala]] cabinet,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://southasiacheck.org/in-public-interest/women-ministers-in-nepal/|title=Women ministers in Nepal|date=2019-12-02|website=South Asia Check|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref> also becoming the first female minister in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://southasiacheck.org/fact-check/oli-speaking-nepals-first-woman-representative-makes-three-mistakes/|title=Oli speaking about Nepal's first elected woman parliamentarian makes three mistakes|date=2016-12-19|website=South Asia Check|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MX22o4PJ3Q0C|title=Democratic Innovations in Nepal: A Case Study of Political Acculturation|last1=Joshi|first1=Bhuwan Lal|last2=Rose|first2=Leo E.|date=1966|publisher=University of California Press|language=en}}</ref><br />
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