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'''Sunila Devi''' (1 May 1963 – 7 July 2017) was an Indian social activist and politician. She was an executive member of an NGO called People's Association for Research and Development,<ref>PARD http://ngo.india.gov.in/sector_ngolist_ngo.php?page=67&psid=wom&records=200 Retrieved on 11/11/2013</ref> Patna which is working on financial inclusion of women and on the issues of women empowerment through micro-finance activities particularly in Nawadah district of Bihar.

==Political career==
Sunila Devi had been grass root worker with her husband late Mr Sanjay Kumar Singh who had been two times MLA in the Bihar Assembly from Sheikhpura. Mr SK Singh had been also the State Minister of Rural Development.<ref>State Minister of Rural Development http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-07/patna/28256563_1_floral-tributes-congress-leaders-sanjay-singh Retrieved on12/11/13</ref> Sunila Devi is the daughter in law <ref>Bihar Assembly Elections 2010 http://biharelection2010.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/sheikhpura-barbigha/</ref> of well known politician and MP [[Rajo Singh|Shri Rajo Singh]] .

Sunila Devi won the election in the month of February 2005 from [[Sheikhpura district|Sheikhpura]] constituency.<ref>Election Result 2005 http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/bihar/result-constituencies.html Retrieved on 11/11/2013</ref><ref>Election Result of Sheikhpura Constituency http://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/bihar/sheikhpura.html Retrieved on 11/11/2013</ref> Sunila Devi won in the re-election of October 2005<ref>List of Winning Candidates of Indian National Congress (INC) in Bihar http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/bihar/partywise-candidate-list3-05.html#inc Retrieved on 11/11/2013</ref> and lasted for next five years. She was member of the Committee on Women and Child Development in the [[Bihar Vidhan Sabha]]. She was one of the most regular MLA in the assembly of Bihar. She was appointed acting President<ref>President Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress http://biharcongressnews.blogspot.in/2010_07_01_archive.html Retrieved on 11/11/2013</ref><ref>All India Mahila Congress State Presidents .http://www.dpcc.co.in/StateMahilaCongressPresident.pdf Retrieved on 02 May 2014</ref> of Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress and worked for almost two years.
She handed over the reins to Shrimati Vinita Vijay <ref>Shrimati Vinita Vijay http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/vinita-vijay-new-president-of-bihar-pradesh-mahila-cong_640623.html</ref> as she wanted to concentrate more on the work of her own constituency of Sheikhpura. She contested the Lok Sabha elections as a candidate of Indian National Congress from Nawadah in the year 2009.<ref>INC Candidate of Lok Sabha http://congressmedia.net/articles/newsandmedia/pressreleases/21mar2009-5.rst Retrieved on 11/11/2013</ref>

She did contest the assembly election from Sheikhpura in the year 2010 and lost by narrow margins by Shri Randhir Kumar Soni<ref>Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2010 http://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/2010-election-results.html Retrieved on 02 May 2014</ref> of JDU. She was suffering from cancer and died on 7 July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindi.news18.com/bihar/patna-news-former-mla-of-congress-sunila-devi-passes-away-1037436.html|title=पूर्व विधायक सुनीला देवी का निधन, कांग्रेस के महिला प्रकोष्ठ की भी रह चुकी थीं अध्यक्ष– News18 हिंदी|website=News18 India|accessdate=4 August 2017}}</ref>

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