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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
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|office = Speaker of the [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start = 6 December 1966
|term_end = 17 March 1967
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|term_start1 = 20 March 1951
|term_end1 = 26 March 1951
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|term_start2 =19 March 1962
|term_end2 =31 October 1966
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'''Shanno Devi''' (born 1 June 1901) was an Indian politician was the first woman speaker of a State Assembly in [[India]].She was member of the [[Indian National Congress]] from the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4_Rl5c_v1-kC&q=Shanno+Devi+Speaker&pg=PA59 | title=first woman deputy speakers in India | isbn=9788176484558 | accessdate=5 July 2017| last1=Chander | first1=Prakash | year=2003 }}</ref> She was the speaker of the [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]] from 6 December 1966 to 17 March 1967,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/statistical/haryana.htm | title=Haryana Legislative Assembly speaker | publisher=legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in | accessdate=5 July 2017 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513091707/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Haryana.htm | archivedate=13 May 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091014/haryana.htm#6 | title=only woman to occupy a prominent position was Shanno Devi, the first Speaker of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha. | publisher=tribuneindia.com | accessdate=5 July 2017}}</ref> and the deputy speakers of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] from 19 March 1962 to 31 October 1966.

== Political career ==
Devi was from the [[Indian National Congress]] party and represented the [[Amritsar]] City West constituency (1951 to 1957) and the [[Jagadhri]] constituency (1962 to 1966) of the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. Devi was first elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly (then undivided India) in 1940 from [[Multan]] defeating the son of [[Ganga Ram]] by about 6000 votes. She was re-elected for the same seat in 1946 by defeating her closest rival candidate by 19000 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y40MAAAAYAAJ&q=Shanno+Devi&pg=RA4-PA31 | title=1940 & 1946 election of Multan | year=1950 | accessdate=5 July 2017}}</ref> In the following election of 1951, she contested on behalf of [[Indian National Congress]] and she won against Parkash Chand of the Bhartiya Jan Sangh by about 8000 votes,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Amritsar-City-West-in-Punjab | title=Election Results in Amritsar City West, Punjab | publisher=elections.traceall.in | accessdate=5 July 2017}}</ref> and was elected again as a member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in the 1962 assembly election on an [[Indian National Congress]] ticket by defeating Inder Sain of the JS by about 5000 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Jagadhri-in-Punjab | title=Election Results in Jagadhri, Punjab | publisher=elections.traceall.in | accessdate=5 July 2017}}</ref> On 6 December 1966, she joined Haryana legislative assembly as its first speaker, where she also served as a deputy speaker.<ref name="Haryana review;The magazine is montly issue for Haryana state elections. The reference contains the information about office tenure of Shanno Devi in Haryana Vidhan Sabha">{{cite web | title=Haryana Review, September 2009, Vol 23 Issue 8 | publisher=Haryana Review | url=http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/haryana_review_SEPTEMBER-2009.pdf | accessdate=14 February 2019 | page=12 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Devi was born in [[Multan]], then undivided India. Her father Lal Sait Ram Khanna was a Government servant. Devi graduated from [[Kanya Maha Vidyalaya]], [[Jalandhar]] and started indulging into politics as a student leader, holding posts as district president of the congress party. After the [[Partition of India]] she moved to [[Punjab, India]]. She was elected twice to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] and then to [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html | title=List of Successful Candidates in Punjab Assembly Election in 1962 | publisher=elections.in | accessdate=9 July 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_Punjab.pdf Punjab Legislative Assembly]
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[[Category:Women in Punjab, India politics]]
[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:People from Multan]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India]]

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