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| name = [[Rani]] Chitralekha Bhonsle<br />
|birth_name=Chitralekha Kadam<br />
|father=Sharas Chandra Kadam<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date| 1941|02|26|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date| 2015|08|16|df=y}}<br />
| constituency = [[Ramtek (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ramtek]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| spouse = [[Raja]] Tejsingrao [[Bhonsle]] of [[Nagpur Kingdom|Nagpur]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| residence = <br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| profession = [[Agriculturist]], [[Politician]], [[Social Worker]], [[Educationalist]]<br />
| website = <br />
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[[Rani]] '''Chitralekha Bhonsle''' (26 February 1941 – 16 August 2015) was a political and social worker and a [[Member of Parliament]] elected from the [[Ramtek]] constituency in the [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]] being an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate.<ref name="Lok Sabha">{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3846.htm|accessdate=17 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/nagpur-vidarbha-news/rani-chitralekha-bhosle-death-nagpur/articleshow/48505122.cms |title=राणी चित्रलेखा भोसले यांचे निधन |date=2015-08-17 |website=Maharashtra Times |language=mr |access-date=2018-03-07}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Bhonsle was born on 26 February 1941 in [[Baroda]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Gujarat]]. She married Tejsingrao Bhonsle on 25 December 1959 and has two sons and three daughters.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/><br />
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==Education & interests==<br />
Rani completed her [[Bachelor of Arts]] from Sahajirao Gaikwad College, [[M.S. University]], Baroda (Gujarat). Her interests include painting and reading. She is also a Chairperson of the District Volleyball Association, [[Nagpur]].<ref name="Lok Sabha"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Rani was elected to the 12th [[Lok Sabha]] in 1998. During 1998–99, she was a Member on the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/><br />
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