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'''Vimalabai Jagadevarao Deshmukh''' who was also known as '''Vimalabai Deshmukh''' was an Indian politician who was a former Minister for Women and Child Welfare in the [[Government of Karnataka]].<ref>Former Karnataka Minister Vimalabai Deshmukh passes away https://www.india.com/news/agencies/former-karnataka-minister-vimalabai-deshmukh-passes-away-3180563/</ref> She also served as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] in [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1994]]<ref>Karnataka 1994 https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3780-karnataka-1994/</ref> from [[Muddebihal (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Muddebihal]] constituency in [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]], [[Karnataka]].<ref>https://www.elections.in/karnataka/assembly-constituencies/muddebihal.html?utm_source=from_actrack Sitting and previous MLAs from Muddebihal Assembly Constituency</ref><ref>ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಈ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಗೂ ಗೆದ್ದಿರುವುದು ಕೇವಲ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು ಮಾತ್ರ. https://kannada.asianetnews.com/news/vijaypur-district-election-news</ref>

==Early life and Personal life==

Her only daughter [[Nandini Deshmukh]] was married to [[Nilesh Deshmukh]] who was a former legislator of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]].<ref>Yavatmal MLA Parvekar dies in road mishap http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18216505.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst</ref> Nilesh Deshmukh had won from [[Yavatmal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Yavatmal seat]] in [[2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2009]] and was killed in 2013. Nandini Deshmukh came victorious from [[Yavatmal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Yavatmal]] in By-elections conducted after her husband's death in 2013.<ref>Congress retains Yavatmal Assembly seat https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/congress-retains-yavatmal-assembly-seat/article4785366.ece</ref>

She contested the Assembly election and was elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Muddebihal (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Muddebihal]] in [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1994 Assembly elections]]<ref>https://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/muddebihal-in-Karnataka Previous Year's Election Results in Muddebihal, Karnataka</ref> defeating her nearest contestant [[C. S. Nadagouda]]<ref>Former Karnataka Minister Vimalabai Deshmukh Passes Away https://www.newslocker.com/en-in/news/general-india/former-karnataka-minister-vimalabai-deshmukh-passes-away/view/</ref> and later entered [[J. H. Patel cabinet]] as [[Minister for Women and Child Welfare]] in 1998 after Vishwajit, a son of incumbent Minister [[B. T. Lalitha Naik]] was accused of defiling the statue of [[B.R. Ambedkar]] at B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rajesh|first1=Y.P|title=Avenging Ambedkar|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Avenging-Ambedkar/200396|work=Outlook magazine|date=13 December 1995}}</ref> and remained in the position up to the end of Term till [[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1999]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723120417/http://sanjevani.com/sanjevani/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%BF-%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%86-%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BF-%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B6/|title=ಮಾಜಿ ಸಚಿವೆ ವಿಮಲಾಬಾಯಿ ದೇಶಮುಖ ನಿಧನ &#124; ಸಂಜೆವಾಣಿಗೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತ|date=23 July 2018|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>