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'''Tara Govind Sapre''' (1919–1981) was an [[Indian National Congress]] politician who represented [[Mumbai North East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bombay North East]] in the [[4th Lok Sabha]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Daughter to R. B. Govind Raghunath Barve, Tara was born on 9 May 1919 in [[Poona]], [[Bombay Presidency]] and attended the [[Fergusson College]], from where she received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Sapre, Shrimati Tara Govind|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1945.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Sapre was a member of the [[All India Women's Conference]].<ref name="LS" /> She also campaigned for her brother S. G. Barve, a politician of the [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Mumbai North East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bombay North East]]. His sudden death in 1967 necessitated a bye-election and the [[Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee|Bombay Pradesh Congress Committee]] fielded Sapre in the constituency while [[V. K. Krishna Menon]], who finished second in the previous election stood as an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]].<ref name="VarmaNarain1968">{{cite book|last1=Varma|first1=Shanti Prasad|last2=Narain|first2=Iqbal|last3=Bhambhri|first3=Chandra Prakash|title=Fourth general election in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMaJAAAAMAAJ|volume=1|year=1968|publisher=Orient Longmans|page=538}}</ref> Since he was from Kerala, the [[Shiv Sena]] opposed him vehemently for being an "outsider".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shenoy|first1=T V R|title=Pranabda and the burden of two past Presidents|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/pranabda-and-the-burden-of-two-past-presidents/20120718.htm|publisher=[[Rediff.com]]|accessdate=28 November 2017|date=18 July 2012}}</ref> Sapre won the seat, polling 156,313 votes against his 141,257 and became a member of the [[4th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results52-95.xlsx|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=28 November 2017|format=XLXS}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
She married Govind Vithal Sapre on 25 May 1940. Together they had two sons and one daughter.<ref name="LS" /> She died on 14 January 1981, due a [[heart attack]] in Pune.<ref>{{cite book|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUAwAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=28}}</ref><br />
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