Maya Ray Explained

Maya Ray
Birth Date:9 February 1927
Birth Place:Dibrugarh, Assam, British India[1]
Residence:Kolkata
Death Place:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency:Raiganj, (West Bengal)
Term Start:1972
Term End:1977
Successor:Md. Hayat Ali
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Siddhartha Shankar Ray

Maya Ray (9 February 1927 – 11 March 2013) was a lawyer and an Indian politician from West Bengal. She was elected in a by-election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Raiganj, West Bengal, in 1972.

Career

The by-election was necessitated after her husband Siddhartha Shankar Ray resigned the seat after he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 1972.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

As a lawyer she was once referred to as "a noted barrister and former elected official" by the late Thomas J. Manton, a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Death

She died of kidney failure on 11 March 2013, two and a quarter years after her husband died.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The States. 19 January 2019. 1971. India News and Feature Alliance.. 21.
  2. Book: India. Parliament. House of the People. India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Debates. 13 June 2016. 1976. Lok Sabha Secretariat.. 38.
  3. Book: Jasodhara Bagchi. The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. 13 June 2016. 7 January 2005. SAGE Publications. 978-81-321-0178-9. 181–.
  4. Book: Indian Recorder and Digest. 13 June 2016. 1972. 31.
  5. Book: Asian Recorder. 14 June 2016. 18. 1972. viii.
  6. Web site: Raiganj Lok Sabha Elections . Elections.in . 14 June 2016.
  7. News: Nation Briefs . . 12 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180815131546/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130312/jsp/nation/story_16662098.jsp#.UUHgTVd0dCw . 15 August 2018 . 3 September 2020 . dead .