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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vimla Verma
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes| 1929|07|01}}
| death_date =
{{death_date and age|2019|5|17|1929|7|1|df=yes}}
| constituency = [[Seoni (Lok Sabha constituency)|Seoni]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse = Unmarried
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| residence = Seoni
| alma_mater = [[Allahabad University]]
| profession = [[Politician]], [[Social Worker]], [[Agriculturist]], [[Teacher]], [[Educationist]]
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

Kumari '''Vimla Verma''' popularly known as "BUA JI" (बुआजी) sister of father born 1 July 1929) was a political and social worker and a [[Member of Parliament]] elected from the [[Seoni]] constituency in the [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] being an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate.<ref name="Lok Sabha">{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3633.htm|accessdate=15 February 2014}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Vimla was born on 1 July 1929 in [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]]. Vimla is a [[Master of Arts|M.A]] and was educated at [[Allahabad University]], Allahabad.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/>

==Career==
Vimla is the Founder-Member of
* Education Committee, [[Seoni]]
* Arts College, Seoni
* Madhya Pradesh State Social Welfare Board

From 1963 onwards, Vimla has been serving as a Member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] (A.I.C.C.) She was elected to the 10th [[Lok Sabha]] in 1991. In 1998, she was re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha.

She has worked as Honorary Lecturer for two years.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/> she is also an agriculturist,a good teacher and also an educationist.

Vimla enjoys Literature and Politics. Vimla has been the President of the Hindi Sahitya Samiti, [[Seoni]] for several years. Her favorite pastimes are listening to music and studying art. Her passion is to work for the welfare of the society and development of women and children.

== Notable Achievements in Indian Politics ==
* She has been imprisoned for demonstrating against ill treatment meted out to Smt. [[Indira Gandhi]] during Janata regime, 1977–79
* Appointed Observer for Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan and assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu by A.I.C.C.
* Appointed Observer for assessing political situation in five constituencies of Lok Sabha by Late Shri [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
* Vimla has been conferred, Vidhan Kirti award by Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for being the most distinguished legislator and for significant contribution to the legislative business of the House.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/>
* She has been Chairman, Project implementing Committee, Central Social Welfare Board; General-Secretary, Bharat Yuvak Samaj, Madhya Pradesh; Vice-President, Bharatiya Gramin Mahila Sangh; and Member, Madhya Pradesh Sewa Dal Board;

== Positions Held ==
* '''1963-67''' - District Convenor, Mahila Wing, Congress, Madhya Pradesh; President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Madhya Pradesh
* '''1963 onwards''' - Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
* '''1967-90''' - Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
* '''1967-68''' - Member, Public Accounts Committee
* '''1967-69''' - General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Madhya Pradesh
* '''1969-72''' - Minister of State, Irrigation and Power, Madhya Pradesh
* '''1972-75''' - Minister of State for Health, Madhya Pradesh
* '''1977-80''' - General-Secretary, P.C.C., Madhya Pradesh (2nd term)
* '''1979-80''' - Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
* '''1980-85''' - Cabinet Minister, Public Work Department, Irrigation, Rural Development and Transport, Madhya Pradesh
* '''1982-90''' - Member, Business Advisory Committee
* '''1987-88''' - Member, General Purposes Committee
* '''1987-89''' - Member, Women and Children Welfare Committee
* '''1988-89''' - Cabinet Minister, Labour and Human Resource Development, Madhya Pradesh
* '''1989-90''' - Cabinet Minister, Food and Civil Supplies and Co-operation, Irrigation, Narmada Development and Public Health Engineering
* '''1991''' - Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
* '''1991-95''' - Chairperson, Committee on Communications; Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
* '''1995-96''' - Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Women and Child Development)
* '''1998''' - Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
* '''1998-99''' - Chairperson, Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the House; Member, Committee on Agriculture; Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

<ref>https://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3633.htm</ref>

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