Mukta Tilak | |
Office: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 2019 |
Term End: | 2022 |
Predecessor: | Girish Bapat |
Successor: | Ravindra Dhangekar[1] |
Constituency: | Kasba Peth |
Office1: | Mayor of Pune |
Term Start1: | March 2017 |
Term End1: | November 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Dattatray Dhankawade |
Successor1: | Murlidhar Mohol |
Party: | Bhartiya Janta Party |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1965 |
Birth Place: | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Death Place: | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Spouse: | Shailesh Tilak |
Mukta Tilak (17 August 1965 – 22 December 2022) was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kasba Peth in the 2019 state elections as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Tilak was elected Mayor of Pune for the period 2017 to 2019. Tilak was the first member of the BJP to hold the Mayor's position.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] She died due to cancer in Pune on 22 December 2022.[8]
Mukta Tilak was the daughter-in-law (niece-in-law) of Jayantrao Tilak, who was Bal Gangadhar Tilak's grandson. Her husband Shailesh Tilak is also associated with BJP.
Tilak died of cancer on 22 December 2022, at the age of 57.[9] Her death was condoled by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[10]