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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sanyogita Rane Sardesai
|birth_date = {{birth date|1923|08|20|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|12|1923|08|20|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Goa]], [[India]]
|spouse =
|children =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 1980
| term_end = 1984
| predecessor = [[Amrut Shivram Kansar]]
| successor = [[Shantaram Naik]]
| constituency = [[North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)|North Goa]]
}}

'''Sanyogita Rane Sardesai''' (20 August 1923 – 12 January 2017) was [[Goa]]'s first woman parliamentarian, elected as the [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] of [[North Goa district|North Goa]] in the year 1980 on [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (MGP) ticket.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://digitalgoa.com/goas-first-lady-parliamentarian-sanyogita-rane-no-more/|title=Goa’s First Lady Parliamentarian Sanyogita Rane No More {{!}} Digital Goa|last=Goa|first=Team Digital|website=digitalgoa.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Rane was born on 20 August 1923 in [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Her father was Captain Dattaji Rao Bhosle. She was married to Major Zoiba S. Rane Sardesai from [[Sattari]].<ref name=":1" /> She was the mother of Vir Chakra decorated (posthumous), Second Lieutenant Jayendra Rane of the fifth Garhwal Rifles. She was educated at Gajra Raje High School in Gwalior where she did her matriculation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2860.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|website=164.100.47.194|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref>

== Political life ==
Rane was the [[Lok Sabha]] MP from the year 1980 to 1985. She was elected on the Maharastrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) ticket, becoming Goa's only woman MP to win Lok Sabha polls. She also contested unsuccessfully as an independent in 1984 and 1991 Lok Sabha elections.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20170112/3032598.html|title=Ex MP Sanyogita Rane-Sardessai passes away|website=news.webindia123.com|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref> She was an active politician of post Goa Liberation period, as the MP of  North Goa  in 1980.<ref name=":1" /> She was one of the very few women who entered into the field of active politics.<ref name=":1" />

Rane was an active social worker. She was a member of the Army Welfare Centre, Bhuj (1952–59) and Mahila Mandal, Bhuj (1953–59) She served as a secretary at Maharani Shanta Devi Gaikwad Graha Shastra Sanstha, Kolhapur (1967—69). She was a member of the Family and Child Welfare Centre, Bicholim, Goa since 1974 and the Mahila Imdad, Goa Branch since 1977. She was also part of the Mid-day Meal Programme of Mine-Labourers' Children of North Goa, since 1976.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

== Death ==
Rane died, aged 96, at her residence at Curchirem, Sanquelim, in North Goa. She was survived by two sons and a daughter.<ref name=":0" />

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[[Category:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
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