Gayatri Devi | |
Office: | Spouse of the 5th Prime Minister of India |
Predecessor: | Gujraben Desai |
Successor: | Sonia Gandhi |
Termend: | 14 January 1980 |
Termstart: | 28 July 1979 |
Office1: | Member of 7th Lok Sabha |
Constituency1: | Kairana Lok Sabha constituency |
Successor1: | Akhtar Hasan |
Predecessor1: | Chandan Singh |
Termend1: | 31 December 1984 |
Termstart1: | 18 January 1980 |
Office2: | Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
Constituency2: | Iglas |
Termend2: | 23 February 1974 |
Termstart2: | 5 February 1969 |
Predecessor2: | M.L. Gautam |
Successor2: | Rajendra Singh |
Birth Date: | 5 December 1905 |
Birth Place: | Sonipat district, Haryana |
Death Date: | 10 May 2002 |
Children: | 6, including Ajit Singh |
Gayatri Devi was an Indian politician and spouse of 5th Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh. She served as Member of 7th Lok Sabha from Kairana Lok Sabha constituency[1] and Member of 5th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Iglas Assembly constituency.[2] She was only first lady MLA from Mathura.[3]
She was born on 5 December 1905 at Garhi kundal village in Sonipat district, Haryana.[4] She died on 10 May 2002[5] after a prolonged illness.[6] She married Charan Singh, Prime Minister of India on 5 June 1925.[7] The couple had six children, the most notable one being Ajit Singh, a noted politician and also a former Union Cabinet Minister.