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== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==


Born in [[West Bengal]], Mukherjee grew up in Delhi. Her father was [[Pranab Mukherjee]], who was the 13th [[President of the Republic of India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-06-14/news/50581669_1_power-outages-east-delhi-sharmistha-mukherjee |title=Pranab Mukherjee's daughter, Sharmistha Mukherjee joins protest against power outages |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=14 June 2014}}</ref>
Born in [[West Bengal]], Mukherjee grew up in Delhi and was educated at [[St. Stephen’s College, Delhi]]. Her father was [[Pranab Mukherjee]], who was the 13th [[President of the Republic of India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-06-14/news/50581669_1_power-outages-east-delhi-sharmistha-mukherjee |title=Pranab Mukherjee's daughter, Sharmistha Mukherjee joins protest against power outages |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=14 June 2014}}</ref>


== Dance career ==
== Dance career ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sharmisthamukherjee.com/ Personal website]


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Latest revision as of 13:50, 13 December 2021


Sharmistha Mukherjee
Sharmistha Mukherjee.jpg
Personal details
Born (1965-10-30) 30 October 1965 (age 59)
West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Parents
ResidenceNew Delhi

Sharmistha Mukherjee (born 30 October 1965) is an Indian Kathak dancer, choreographer and politician of the Indian National Congress.

Early life and education[edit]

Born in West Bengal, Mukherjee grew up in Delhi and was educated at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Her father was Pranab Mukherjee, who was the 13th President of the Republic of India.[1]

Dance career[edit]

Mukherjee began formal dance training at age 12.[2] Her teachers included Pandit Durgalal, Vidushi Uma Sharma and Rajendra Gangani.[3] The Hindu called her performances "accomplished" and lauded her precise footwork.[3]

Politics[edit]

Sharmistha joined the INC in July 2014. Since then she has been actively participating in rallies organized by the party and working at the grass root level with the party workers in her area.[4] She contested the Delhi Assembly election in February 2015 from the Greater Kailash constituency[5] but lost, coming third with 6,102 votes after Saurabh Bharadwaj (AAP, 57,589 votes) and Rakesh Gullaiya (BJP, 43,006 votes).[6]

Receiving a plaque from a party worker.
Celebrating her birthday with party workers

References[edit]

  1. "Pranab Mukherjee's daughter, Sharmistha Mukherjee joins protest against power outages". The Economic Times. 14 June 2014.
  2. Sandhu, Veenu (5 April 2013). "Sharmistha Mukherjee chose not to live in India's biggest house". Business Standard.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Varma, P. Sujatha (21 January 2012). "Hypnotic grace". The Hindu.
  4. Singh, Rohinee (14 November 2014). "Sharmistha Mukherjee wants to be a mass leader". DNA.
  5. "Sharmistha Mukherjee casts vote in GK, mum on Congress' prospects". Zee News. 7 February 2015.
  6. "Sharmistha loses Greater Kailash, gets just 6,000 votes". Business Standard. 10 February 2015.