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	'''Minimata Agam ~~Dass~~ Guru''' (15 March 1916 ~~- 31 may~~ 1973) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician from the [[Indian National Congress\|Indian National Congress Party]], and a ~~member~~ of ~~parliament~~ in the ~~First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth~~ [[Lok Sabha]] ~~(lower house of the [[Parliament of India]])~~.
			{{Infobox officeholder
			\| name = Minimata Agam Dass Guru
			\| image =
			\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1916\|03\|15}}
			\| birth_name = Meenakshi Devi
			\| birth_place = Sainabagan, [[Assam Province\|Assam]]
			\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1973\|08\|11\|1916\|03\|15}}
			\| death_place = [[Palam Airport]], [[Delhi]]
			\| caption = Portrait of Minimata Agam Dass Guru
			\| spouse = Guru Agam Das (m. 1932)
			\| office = Member of Lok Sabha
			\| term_start = 1957
			\| term_end = 1973
			\| successor = [[Manhar Bhagatram]]
			\| constituency = [[Janjgir-Champa]]
			\| term_start1 = 1955
			\| term_end1 = 1957
			\| successor1 = Constituency abolished
			\| predecessor1 = Guru Agamdas
			\| constituency1 = Bilaspur-Durg-Raipur
			\| parents = Budhari Das Mahant<br>Devmati Bai
			}}

			'''Minimata Agam Das Guru''' (15 March 1916{{snd}}11 August 1973) was an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress\|Indian National Congress Party]], and a Member of Parliament in the first through fifth terms of the [[Lok Sabha]] from Madhya Pradesh.

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Minimata was born in ~~Nawagaon~~ district in [[Assam]] in 1916.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|title=Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956\|last=Kshīrasāgara\|first=Rāmacandra\|publisher=M.D. Publications\|year=1994\|~~location~~=https://books.google.com/books~~/about/Dalit_movement_in_India_and_its_leaders.html~~?id=5WxuAAAAMAAJ\|pages=270–271}}</ref> She was educated at Girls School, ~~Nawagon~~ and [[Raipur]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/851.htm\|title=Lok Sabha member profiles\|website=Lok Sabha\|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref>		Minimata was born in Meenakshi Devi in Sainabagan, [[Nagaon district]] in [[Assam]] in 1916 to Budharidas Mahant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|title=Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956\|last=Kshīrasāgara\|first=Rāmacandra\|publisher=M.D. Publications\|year=1994\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WxuAAAAMAAJ\|pages=270–271\|isbn=9788185880433 }}</ref> She was educated at Girls School, Nagaon and [[Raipur]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/851.htm\|title=Lok Sabha member profiles\|website=Lok Sabha\|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref>

			She married Guru Agam Das, the then Guru of the [[Satnampanth\|Satnami Panth]], on 2 July 1930.<ref name=":1" />

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==
	Minimata was elected to the first Lok Sabha in a bye-election in 1955 after the death of the sitting MP, her husband, Guru ~~Agamdas~~.<ref name=":0" /> She contested the same constituency on a Congress party nomination and won. In 1962, she contested for the Indian National Congress party in Madhya Pradesh state, in Baloda Bazar, a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. She won with more than 52% of the vote, defeating the Prajya Socialist Party candidate.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962, to the Third Lok Sabha\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|~~location~~=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf\|pages=109}}</ref> In 1967, she contested for the Indian National Congress Party in the Schedule Caste reserved constituency of Janjgir, then in Madhya Pradesh state, winning with more than 62% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967, to the Fourth Lok Sabha\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|~~location~~=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf\|pages=131}}</ref> Minimata contested the same constituency of Janjgir in 1971, again for the Indian National Congress Party, and again winning the election.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|~~location~~=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf\|pages=142}}</ref> She died in 1973 before the end of her parliamentary term, prompting a by-election.{{~~fact~~\|date=October 2019}}		Minimata was elected to the first Lok Sabha in a bye-election in 1955 after the death of the sitting MP, her husband, Guru Agam Das.<ref name=":0" /> She contested the same constituency on a Congress party nomination and won. In 1962, she contested for the Indian National Congress party in Madhya Pradesh state, in Baloda Bazar, a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. She won with more than 52% of the vote, defeating the Prajya Socialist Party candidate.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962, to the Third Lok Sabha\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf\|pages=109}}</ref> In 1967, she contested for the Indian National Congress Party in the Schedule Caste reserved constituency of Janjgir, then in Madhya Pradesh state, winning with more than 62% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967, to the Fourth Lok Sabha\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf\|pages=131}}</ref> Minimata contested the same constituency of Janjgir in 1971, again for the Indian National Congress Party, and again winning the election.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf\|pages=142}}</ref> She died in 1973 before the end of her parliamentary term, prompting a by-election.{{citation needed\|date=October 2019}}

	Besides her parliamentary work, she served as General Secretary, State Congress Committee; President of Guru Ghasidas Seva Sangh; President of Harijan Education Society; Vice-President, State Depressed Classes League; Secretary, Mahila Mandal, Raipur.<ref name=":1" /> She was also a member of the Social Welfare Board, Raipur and a member of District Congress Committee, Raipur.<ref name=":1" />		Besides her parliamentary work, she served as General Secretary, State Congress Committee; President of Guru Ghasidas Seva Sangh; President of Harijan Education Society; Vice-President, State Depressed Classes League; Secretary, Mahila Mandal, Raipur.<ref name=":1" /> She was also a member of the Social Welfare Board, Raipur and a member of District Congress Committee, Raipur.<ref name=":1" />
			Minimata was associated with [[Satnampanth\|Satnami]] politics, a form of Ambedkarite Dalit self-assertion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book\|title=Satnami Self-Assertion and Dalit Activism: everyday life and caste in rural Chhattisgarh (central India) (PhD Dissertation)\|last=Singh\|first=Yasna\|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science e-theses\|year=2013\|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/689/1/Singh_Satnami_self-assertion.pdf}}</ref> After the death of her husband, she took on the leadership of the community.<ref name=":2" /> She stood against casteism and untouchability, as well as child marriage and dowry.<ref name=":0" />
	Minimata was associated with [[Satnampanth\|Satnami]] politics, a form of Ambedkarite Dalit self-assertion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book\|title=Satnami Self-Assertion and Dalit Activism: everyday life and caste in rural Chhattisgarh (central India) (PhD Dissertation)\|last=Singh\|first=Yasna\|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science e-theses\|year=2013\|~~location~~=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/689/1/Singh_Satnami_self-assertion.pdf}}</ref> After the death of her husband, she took on the leadership of the community.<ref name=":2" /> She stood against casteism and untouchability, as well as child marriage and dowry.<ref name=":0" />

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	~~She married Shri Agam Dass Guru on 2 July 1930.<ref name=":1" />~~ Her parliamentary profile listed her hobbies as reading, knitting, embroidery, cooking and gardening, and debating and discussion on social and political affairs.<ref name=":1" />		Her parliamentary profile listed her hobbies as reading, knitting, embroidery, cooking and gardening, and debating and discussion on social and political affairs.<ref name=":1" />

	Minimata died in an airplane crash on a flight from Raipur to Delhi; the plane crashed as it tried to land at Palam airport.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir~~\|last=Sen\|first=Ilina~~\|publisher=Penguin\|year=2014}}</ref>		Minimata died in an airplane crash on a flight from Raipur to Delhi; the plane crashed as it tried to land at Palam airport.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Sen \|first=Ilina \|title=Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir \|publisher=Penguin \|year=2014}}</ref>
			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}8, <nowiki>https://cgculture.in/samman_front_list.aspx?id=Y3j79zuhgzch7sZF33PD0Q==</nowiki>
			9, <nowiki>https://www.livehindustan.com/lok-sabha-election/story-minimata-is-first-woman-mp-of-chhatisgarh-know-about-her-peronal-and-political-career-2453768.html</nowiki>

	~~== References ==~~		10, https://www.cgnewshindi.in/2020/06/mini-mata-chhattisgarh.html
	~~{{Reflist}}~~

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'''Minimata Agam Dass Guru''' (15 March 1916 - 31 may 1973) was an [[India]]n politician from the [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress Party]], and a member of parliament in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[Parliament of India]]).

== Early life ==
Minimata was born in Nawagaon district in [[Assam]] in 1916.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|publisher=M.D. Publications|year=1994|location=https://books.google.com/books/about/Dalit_movement_in_India_and_its_leaders.html?id=5WxuAAAAMAAJ|pages=270–271}}</ref> She was educated at Girls School, Nawagon and [[Raipur]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/851.htm|title=Lok Sabha member profiles|website=Lok Sabha|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Minimata was elected to the first Lok Sabha in a bye-election in 1955 after the death of the sitting MP, her husband, Guru Agamdas.<ref name=":0" /> She contested the same constituency on a Congress party nomination and won. In 1962, she contested for the Indian National Congress party in Madhya Pradesh state, in Baloda Bazar, a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. She won with more than 52% of the vote, defeating the Prajya Socialist Party candidate.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962, to the Third Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|location=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|pages=109}}</ref> In 1967, she contested for the Indian National Congress Party in the Schedule Caste reserved constituency of Janjgir, then in Madhya Pradesh state, winning with more than 62% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967, to the Fourth Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|location=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|pages=131}}</ref> Minimata contested the same constituency of Janjgir in 1971, again for the Indian National Congress Party, and again winning the election.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|location=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|pages=142}}</ref> She died in 1973 before the end of her parliamentary term, prompting a by-election.{{fact|date=October 2019}}

Besides her parliamentary work, she served as General Secretary, State Congress Committee; President of Guru Ghasidas Seva Sangh; President of Harijan Education Society; Vice-President, State Depressed Classes League; Secretary, Mahila Mandal, Raipur.<ref name=":1" /> She was also a member of the Social Welfare Board, Raipur and a member of District Congress Committee, Raipur.<ref name=":1" />

Minimata was associated with [[Satnampanth|Satnami]] politics, a form of Ambedkarite Dalit self-assertion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Satnami Self-Assertion and Dalit Activism: everyday life and caste in rural Chhattisgarh (central India) (PhD Dissertation)|last=Singh|first=Yasna|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science e-theses|year=2013|location=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/689/1/Singh_Satnami_self-assertion.pdf}}</ref> After the death of her husband, she took on the leadership of the community.<ref name=":2" /> She stood against casteism and untouchability, as well as child marriage and dowry.<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
She married Shri Agam Dass Guru on 2 July 1930.<ref name=":1" /> Her parliamentary profile listed her hobbies as reading, knitting, embroidery, cooking and gardening, and debating and discussion on social and political affairs.<ref name=":1" />

Minimata died in an airplane crash on a flight from Raipur to Delhi; the plane crashed as it tried to land at Palam airport.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir|last=Sen|first=Ilina|publisher=Penguin|year=2014}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:1973 deaths]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:1st Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:2nd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]
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[[Category:People from Nagaon district]]
[[Category:People from Raipur district]]
[[Category:People from Janjgir-Champa district]]