Abha Maiti Explained

Abha Maiti
Term Start:12 August 1977
Term End:1979
Term Start1:1962
Term End1:1967
Term Start2:3 April 1960
Term End2:4 March 1962
Predecessor3:Constituency established
Term Start3:1977
Term End3:1980
Term Start4:1952
Term End4:1957
Alongside4:Koustav Kanti Karan
Predecessor4:Constituency established
Successor4:Abanti Kumar Das
Term Start5:1962
Term End5:1969
Predecessor5:Basanta Kumar Panda
Bhikhari Mondal
Successor5:Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
Birth Date:22 April 1925
Father:Nikunja Behari Maiti
Mother:Ahalya Maiti[1]

Abha Maiti (22 April 1925 — 3 July 1994) was a former Indian politician. She was the minister of state for industry in the Morarji Desai government from 1977[2] to 1979.[3] [4]

Early life

Abha Maiti was born in Midnapore in a Mahishya family. His father was a freedom fighter and politician Nikunja Bihari Maiti, who was the first Education minister and refugee rehabilitation minister of West Bengal.[5] [6] She obtained B.A degree from Bethune College and did LL.B and M.A from University of Calcutta.[7] [8]

Career

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.[9] Between 1960 and 1962, Maiti was a member of the Rajya Sabha.[10] She was the refugee rehabilitation minister of West Bengal from 1962 to 1967.[11]

She was elected to Lok Sabha in 1977 from Panskura in West Bengal on the Janata Party ticket.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Reed. Stanley. Stanley Reed (British politician). The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950. 1950. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd.. 710. 23 February 2018.
  2. News: 12 August 1977, Forty Years Ago: Lyricist Dead. The Indian Express. 23 February 2018.
  3. Book: India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha . Parliamentary Debates Official Report · Volume 171, Issues 1-2 . 1994 . Council of States Secretariat .
  4. Web site: 2019-03-20 . abha-maiti-video kolkata - News18 Bangla, Today's Latest Bengali News . 2023-07-23 . bengali.news18.com . bn.
  5. Book: Enlite . 1968 . Light Publications. . 8 . en.
  6. Book: Sen, Uditi . Citizen Refugee: Forging the Indian Nation after Partition . 2018-08-30 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-42561-2 . 31 . en.
  7. Book: Sarkar, Ashim Kumar . Changing Profile of a Bengal District: Malda 1932-1950 . 2008 . Classique books . 978-81-87616-34-4 . 85 . en.
  8. Web site: .:: Legacy of Midnapore - Freedom Fighter - Abha Maity ::. . 2023-07-23 . www.midnapore.in.
  9. Web site: Statistical Reports of Elections . 1 December 2010 . General Election Results and Statistics . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 5 October 2010 .
  10. Book: Bagchi. Jasodhara. Jasodhara Bagchi. The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. 2005. SAGE Publications India. 9788132101789. 23 February 2018.
  11. Book: Sen, Uditi . Citizen Refugee: Forging the Indian Nation after Partition . 2018-08-30 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-42561-2 . 61–65 . en.
  12. Web site: Bandar . Haldia . শ্রীমতী আভা মাইতি জন্মদিনের শ্রদ্ধা . 2023-07-23 . Haldia Bandar.

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