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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | |||
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'''Minimata Agam | |||
{{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 | 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 | 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| | |||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
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 | 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> | |||
10, https://www.cgnewshindi.in/2020/06/mini-mata-chhattisgarh.html | |||
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh]] | |||
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]] | |||
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]] | [[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]] | ||
[[Category:1916 births]] | [[Category:1916 births]] | ||
[[Category:1973 deaths]] | [[Category:1973 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]] | [[Category:Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:India MPs 1957–1962]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:India MPs 1962–1967]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:India MPs 1967–1970]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:India MPs 1971–1977]] | ||
[[Category:People from Nagaon district]] | [[Category:People from Nagaon district]] | ||
[[Category:People from Raipur district]] | [[Category:People from Raipur district]] | ||
[[Category:People from Janjgir-Champa district]] | [[Category:People from Janjgir-Champa district]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]] | |||
[[Category:Women in Madhya Pradesh politics]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:09, 21 February 2026
Minimata Agam Dass Guru | |
|---|---|
| Member of Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1957–1973 | |
| Succeeded by | Manhar Bhagatram |
| Constituency | Janjgir-Champa |
| In office 1955–1957 | |
| Preceded by | Guru Agamdas |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Bilaspur-Durg-Raipur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Meenakshi Devi March 15, 1916 Sainabagan, Assam |
| Died | August 11, 1973 (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]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kshīrasāgara, Rāmacandra (1994). Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956. M.D. Publications. pp. 270–271. ISBN 9788185880433.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Lok Sabha member profiles". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962, to the Third Lok Sabha (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 109.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967, to the Fourth Lok Sabha (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 131.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 142.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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