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'''Sumati Suklikar''' (24 December 1923 - 22 February 2011), known variously using Tai or Bai honorifics as Sumatitai or Sumatibai or Tai Sukalikar, was an Indian politician. She was a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and its precursor [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], and was from [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Former-Pondicherry-governor-Rajani-Rai-passes-away/articleshow/22151131.cms Former Pondicherry governor Rajani Rai passes away]</ref> She contested elections for [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] four times in 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967 |url=https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in |accessdate=21 June 2020}}</ref> She died on 22 February 2011 due to old age. <ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Sumatitai-Sukalikar-passes-away-at-88/articleshow/7551809.cms Sumatitai Sukalikar passes away at 88]</ref><br />
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She had a brother-like relation with the veteran [[Communist Party of India]] leader [[A. B. Bardhan]] from Nagpur. Although they contested elections against each other. Sumatitai was like an elder sister to Bardhan. <ref>http://www.weeklysadhana.com/admin/upload/anka/pdf/23%20Jan%202016%20PDF.pdf</ref> In 2018, Maharashtra state government launched a scheme named 'Sumatibai Suklikar Yojana' in Sumati-bai's memory to effect social upliftment of women in rural parts of the state. <ref>[https://www.maharashtratoday.co.in/asmita-scheme-will-implemented-urban-areas-also-pankaja-munde/ Asmita scheme for rural areas]</ref> <br />
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