Abha Maiti

Abha Maiti
Abha Maiti
Minister of State for Industry
	In office; 12 August 1977 – 1979
Prime Minister	Morarji Desai
Minister of Refugee and Social Welfare,; Government of West Bengal
	In office; 1962–1969
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 3 April 1960 – 4 March 1962
Member of Parliament
	In office; 1977–1980
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Geeta Mukherjee
Constituency	Panskura
Member of the Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1952–1957 Serving with Koustav Kanti Karan
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Abanti Kumar Das
Constituency	Khejuri
	In office; 1962–1969
Preceded by	Basanta Kumar Panda; Bhikhari Mondal
Succeeded by	Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
Constituency	Bhagabanpur
Personal details
Born	22 April 1925; Kalicharanpur, Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	1 January 1994
Political party	Janata Party
Other political; affiliations	Bharatiya Lok Dal; Indian National Congress
Parent(s)	Nikunja Behari Maiti (father);

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Abha Maiti (born 22 April 1925) is a former Indian politician. She was the minister of state for industry in the Morarji Desai government from 1977^[2] to 1979.

Early life[edit]

She was educated at Bethune College.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit]

She was born in 1925 to Ahalya and Nikunja Behari Maiti, a politician. She obtained B.A. and LL.B. degrees from University of Calcutta.

She was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1951 and from Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1962, 1967 and 1969.^[3] Between 1960 and 1962, Maiti was a member of the Rajya Sabha.^[4]

She was elected to Lok Sabha in 1977 from Panskura in West Bengal on the Janata Party ticket.

References[edit]

↑ Reed, Stanley (1950). The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. p. 710. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
↑ "12 August 1977, Forty Years Ago: Lyricist Dead". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
↑ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
↑ Bagchi, Jasodhara (2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9788132101789. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

External links[edit]

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[1] Reed, Stanley (1950). The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. p. 710. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[2] "12 August 1977, Forty Years Ago: Lyricist Dead". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[3] "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

[4] Bagchi, Jasodhara (2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9788132101789. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

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