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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Nyari Welly
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| office = Member of the [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Seppa]] constituency
| term_start = 1980
| term_end = 1988
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1945|10|02}}
| birth_place = Beyong village, [[Seppa]] Sub-Division
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1988|10|21|1945|10|02}}
| party = [[People's Party of Arunachal]], [[Indian National Congress]]
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'''Nyari Welly''' (2 October 1945 – 21 October 1988<ref name="e"/><ref name="a">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Bqy1AAAAIAAJ Arunachal News]'', Vol. 9, Eds. 1–4. 1980. pp. 27-28</ref>) was an Indian politician. She was the first woman elected to the [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].

==Social activist==
Welly was born in Beyong village, [[Seppa]] Sub-Division, Kameng District, and did not have any formal education.<ref>Mandal, Ramkrishna, and Minto Ete. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jdw9EohlSUEC&pg=PA58 Women in North East India: Role and Status of Arunachal Women]''. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2010. p. 58</ref> Before joining politics she was a social activist.<ref name="j">Johsi, H. G. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=gGGAyVQJTRwC&pg=PA122 Arunachal Pradesh: Past and Present]''. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications, 2005. pp. 122-123</ref> She served as president of the Women Welfare Centre, Seppa Branch between 1970 and 1974. In 1976 she worked as Lady Organiser of the Seppa branch of the [[Seva Dal|Congress Sevadal]].<ref name="a"/>

==1978 election==
Welly was one of two female candidates in the fray in the [[1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] (out of a total of 86 candidates). She stood as the [[People's Party of Arunachal]] candidate in the Seppa constituency. She finished in second place, with 1,649 votes (25.44% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/StatisticalReport%20Arunachal%20Pradesh%2078.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127195039/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/StatisticalReport%20Arunachal%20Pradesh%2078.pdf |date=27 January 2013 }}''</ref>

==1980 election==
She again contested the Seppa seat in the [[1980 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]. She stood as a PPA candidate. She won the seat, obtaining 2,817 votes
(43.28%) and becoming the first elected female Member of the Legislative Assembly in the state.<ref name="e1980">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportArunachal%20Pradesh%201980.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127200705/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportArunachal%20Pradesh%201980.pdf |date=27 January 2013 }}''</ref><ref name="e">''Echo of Arunachal''. ''[http://www.echoofarunachal.com/?p=41137 First elected woman MLA remembered]''</ref><ref name="p1">National Seminar on "Ethnic Groups of North East India: Problems Prospects", Indira Barua, Sarthak Sengupta, and Deepanjana Dutta Das. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=qbyAAAAAMAAJ Ethnic Groups, Cultural Continuities, and Social Change in North East India]''. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 1999. p. 259</ref> However, she wasn't the first woman to sit in the Assembly as [[Sibo Kai]] had been a nominated member of the 1978 Assembly.<ref>''Arunachal Front''. ''[http://www.arunachalfront.info/article.php?ArticleID=2398 Arunachal to ink political history]''</ref> Welly defeated Modi Sengi from the [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]] and Goumseng Rino from the [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]].<ref name="e1980"/> Welly's election victory was attributed to the influence of her husband, who was a powerful man in the area.<ref name="j"/>

In the Assembly Welly confronted issues like child marriage, polygamy and bride price. When she brought a Bill to outlaw these practices, male members of the Assembly protested loudly.<ref name="j"/>

==1984 election==
Welly retained the Seppa seat in the [[1984 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]. This time she stood as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate. She obtained 3,419
votes (35.35%), narrowly defeating the [[independent (politician)|independent]] candidate Mape Dada by a margin of 43 votes. In the 1984 election a second woman was elected to the Assembly, Kamoli Mossang from the Noadihing Nampong constituency.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReport%20Arunachal%20Pradesh%2084.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1984 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127212515/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReport%20Arunachal%20Pradesh%2084.pdf |date=27 January 2013 }}''</ref>

==Personal life==
Welly belonged to the [[Nyishi]].<ref name="p1"/> She was the mother of Atum Welly, who as of 2013 served as Health and Family Minister in the Arunachal Pradesh state government.<ref name="e"/> Her main hobbies were gardening and knitting.<ref name="a"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:People's Party of Arunachal politicians]]
[[Category:Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 1980–1984]]
[[Category:Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 1984–1990]]
[[Category:Women members of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from East Kameng district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]

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