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'''Minimata Agam Dass Guru''' (15 March 1916 - 31 may 1973) was an [[India]]n politician from the [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress Party]], and a member of parliament in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[Parliament of India]]).
 
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Minimata Agam Dass Guru
| image              =
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1916|03|15}}
| birth_name          = Meenakshi Devi
| birth_place        = Sainabagan, [[Assam Province|Assam]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1973|08|11|1916|03|15}}
| death_place        = [[Palam Airport]], [[Delhi]]
| caption            = Portrait of Minimata Agam Dass Guru
| spouse              = Guru Agam Das (m. 1932)
| office              = Member of Lok Sabha
| term_start          = 1957
| term_end            = 1973
| successor          = [[Manhar Bhagatram]]
| constituency        = [[Janjgir-Champa]]
| term_start1        = 1955
| term_end1          = 1957
| successor1          = Constituency abolished
| predecessor1        = Guru Agamdas
| constituency1      = Bilaspur-Durg-Raipur
| parents            = Budhari Das Mahant<br>Devmati Bai
}}
 
'''Minimata Agam Das Guru''' (15 March 1916{{snd}}11 August 1973) was an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress Party]], and a Member of Parliament in the first through fifth terms of the [[Lok Sabha]] from Madhya Pradesh.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Minimata was born in Nawagaon district in [[Assam]] in 1916.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|publisher=M.D. Publications|year=1994|location=https://books.google.com/books/about/Dalit_movement_in_India_and_its_leaders.html?id=5WxuAAAAMAAJ|pages=270–271}}</ref> She was educated at Girls School, Nawagon and [[Raipur]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/851.htm|title=Lok Sabha member profiles|website=Lok Sabha|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref>
Minimata was born in Meenakshi Devi in Sainabagan, [[Nagaon district]] in [[Assam]] in 1916 to Budharidas Mahant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|publisher=M.D. Publications|year=1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WxuAAAAMAAJ|pages=270–271|isbn=9788185880433 }}</ref> She was educated at Girls School, Nagaon and [[Raipur]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/851.htm|title=Lok Sabha member profiles|website=Lok Sabha|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref>
 
She married Guru Agam Das, the then Guru of the [[Satnampanth|Satnami Panth]], on 2 July 1930.<ref name=":1" />  


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
Minimata was elected to the first Lok Sabha in a bye-election in 1955 after the death of the sitting MP, her husband, Guru Agamdas.<ref name=":0" /> She contested the same constituency on a Congress party nomination and won. In 1962, she contested for the Indian National Congress party in Madhya Pradesh state, in Baloda Bazar, a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. She won with more than 52% of the vote, defeating the Prajya Socialist Party candidate.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962, to the Third Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|location=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|pages=109}}</ref> In 1967, she contested for the Indian National Congress Party in the Schedule Caste reserved constituency of Janjgir, then in Madhya Pradesh state, winning with more than 62% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967, to the Fourth Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|location=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|pages=131}}</ref> Minimata contested the same constituency of Janjgir in 1971, again for the Indian National Congress Party, and again winning the election.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|location=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|pages=142}}</ref> She died in 1973 before the end of her parliamentary term, prompting a by-election.{{fact|date=October 2019}}
Minimata was elected to the first Lok Sabha in a bye-election in 1955 after the death of the sitting MP, her husband, Guru Agam Das.<ref name=":0" /> She contested the same constituency on a Congress party nomination and won. In 1962, she contested for the Indian National Congress party in Madhya Pradesh state, in Baloda Bazar, a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. She won with more than 52% of the vote, defeating the Prajya Socialist Party candidate.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962, to the Third Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|pages=109}}</ref> In 1967, she contested for the Indian National Congress Party in the Schedule Caste reserved constituency of Janjgir, then in Madhya Pradesh state, winning with more than 62% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967, to the Fourth Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|pages=131}}</ref> Minimata contested the same constituency of Janjgir in 1971, again for the Indian National Congress Party, and again winning the election.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|pages=142}}</ref> She died in 1973 before the end of her parliamentary term, prompting a by-election.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}


Besides her parliamentary work, she served as General Secretary, State Congress Committee; President of Guru Ghasidas Seva Sangh; President of Harijan Education Society; Vice-President, State Depressed Classes League; Secretary, Mahila Mandal, Raipur.<ref name=":1" /> She was also a member of the Social Welfare Board, Raipur and a member of District Congress Committee, Raipur.<ref name=":1" />
Besides her parliamentary work, she served as General Secretary, State Congress Committee; President of Guru Ghasidas Seva Sangh; President of Harijan Education Society; Vice-President, State Depressed Classes League; Secretary, Mahila Mandal, Raipur.<ref name=":1" /> She was also a member of the Social Welfare Board, Raipur and a member of District Congress Committee, Raipur.<ref name=":1" />
 
Minimata was associated with [[Satnampanth|Satnami]] politics, a form of Ambedkarite Dalit self-assertion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Satnami Self-Assertion and Dalit Activism: everyday life and caste in rural Chhattisgarh (central India) (PhD Dissertation)|last=Singh|first=Yasna|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science e-theses|year=2013|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/689/1/Singh_Satnami_self-assertion.pdf}}</ref> After the death of her husband, she took on the leadership of the community.<ref name=":2" /> She stood against casteism and untouchability, as well as child marriage and dowry.<ref name=":0" />
Minimata was associated with [[Satnampanth|Satnami]] politics, a form of Ambedkarite Dalit self-assertion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Satnami Self-Assertion and Dalit Activism: everyday life and caste in rural Chhattisgarh (central India) (PhD Dissertation)|last=Singh|first=Yasna|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science e-theses|year=2013|location=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/689/1/Singh_Satnami_self-assertion.pdf}}</ref> After the death of her husband, she took on the leadership of the community.<ref name=":2" /> She stood against casteism and untouchability, as well as child marriage and dowry.<ref name=":0" />


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
She married Shri Agam Dass Guru on 2 July 1930.<ref name=":1" /> Her parliamentary profile listed her hobbies as reading, knitting, embroidery, cooking and gardening, and debating and discussion on social and political affairs.<ref name=":1" />
Her parliamentary profile listed her hobbies as reading, knitting, embroidery, cooking and gardening, and debating and discussion on social and political affairs.<ref name=":1" />  


Minimata died in an airplane crash on a flight from Raipur to Delhi; the plane crashed as it tried to land at Palam airport.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir|last=Sen|first=Ilina|publisher=Penguin|year=2014}}</ref>
Minimata died in an airplane crash on a flight from Raipur to Delhi; the plane crashed as it tried to land at Palam airport.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Ilina |title=Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir |publisher=Penguin |year=2014}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}8, <nowiki>https://cgculture.in/samman_front_list.aspx?id=Y3j79zuhgzch7sZF33PD0Q==</nowiki>
9, <nowiki>https://www.livehindustan.com/lok-sabha-election/story-minimata-is-first-woman-mp-of-chhatisgarh-know-about-her-peronal-and-political-career-2453768.html</nowiki>


== References ==
10, https://www.cgnewshindi.in/2020/06/mini-mata-chhattisgarh.html
{{Reflist}}


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Minimata Agam Dass Guru
Member of Lok Sabha
In office
1957–1973
Succeeded byManhar Bhagatram
ConstituencyJanjgir-Champa
In office
1955–1957
Preceded byGuru Agamdas
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyBilaspur-Durg-Raipur
Personal details
Born
Meenakshi Devi

(1916-03-15)March 15, 1916
Sainabagan, Assam
DiedAugust 11, 1973(1973-08-11) (aged 57)
Palam Airport, Delhi
Spouse(s)Guru Agam Das (m. 1932)
Parent(s)Budhari Das Mahant
Devmati Bai

Minimata Agam Das Guru (15 March 1916 – 11 August 1973) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress Party, and a Member of Parliament in the first through fifth terms of the Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Minimata was born in Meenakshi Devi in Sainabagan, Nagaon district in Assam in 1916 to Budharidas Mahant.[1] She was educated at Girls School, Nagaon and Raipur.[2]

She married Guru Agam Das, the then Guru of the Satnami Panth, on 2 July 1930.[2]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Minimata was elected to the first Lok Sabha in a bye-election in 1955 after the death of the sitting MP, her husband, Guru Agam Das.[1] She contested the same constituency on a Congress party nomination and won. In 1962, she contested for the Indian National Congress party in Madhya Pradesh state, in Baloda Bazar, a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. She won with more than 52% of the vote, defeating the Prajya Socialist Party candidate.[3] In 1967, she contested for the Indian National Congress Party in the Schedule Caste reserved constituency of Janjgir, then in Madhya Pradesh state, winning with more than 62% of the vote.[4] Minimata contested the same constituency of Janjgir in 1971, again for the Indian National Congress Party, and again winning the election.[5] She died in 1973 before the end of her parliamentary term, prompting a by-election.[citation needed]

Besides her parliamentary work, she served as General Secretary, State Congress Committee; President of Guru Ghasidas Seva Sangh; President of Harijan Education Society; Vice-President, State Depressed Classes League; Secretary, Mahila Mandal, Raipur.[2] She was also a member of the Social Welfare Board, Raipur and a member of District Congress Committee, Raipur.[2] Minimata was associated with Satnami politics, a form of Ambedkarite Dalit self-assertion.[6] After the death of her husband, she took on the leadership of the community.[6] She stood against casteism and untouchability, as well as child marriage and dowry.[1]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Her parliamentary profile listed her hobbies as reading, knitting, embroidery, cooking and gardening, and debating and discussion on social and political affairs.[2]

Minimata died in an airplane crash on a flight from Raipur to Delhi; the plane crashed as it tried to land at Palam airport.[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kshīrasāgara, Rāmacandra (1994). Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956. M.D. Publications. pp. 270–271. ISBN 9788185880433.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Lok Sabha member profiles". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962, to the Third Lok Sabha (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 109.
  4. ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967, to the Fourth Lok Sabha (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 131.
  5. ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 142.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Singh, Yasna (2013). Satnami Self-Assertion and Dalit Activism: everyday life and caste in rural Chhattisgarh (central India) (PhD Dissertation) (PDF). London School of Economics and Political Science e-theses.
  7. ↑ Sen, Ilina (2014). Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir. Penguin.

8, https://cgculture.in/samman_front_list.aspx?id=Y3j79zuhgzch7sZF33PD0Q==

9, https://www.livehindustan.com/lok-sabha-election/story-minimata-is-first-woman-mp-of-chhatisgarh-know-about-her-peronal-and-political-career-2453768.html

10, https://www.cgnewshindi.in/2020/06/mini-mata-chhattisgarh.html

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