Sumitra Devi (politician)
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Sumitra Devi (1922-2001 ) was an Indian National Congress politician from Bihar. She was first elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1952. In 1963 she became the first woman cabinet minister of Bihar. She was born in Munger district in 1922 and died in 2001. Sumitra Devi was the mother-in-law of Meira Kumar former Lok Sabha speaker.[1]
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- 2001 deaths
- 1922 births
- State cabinet ministers of Bihar
- Bihar MLAs 1952–57
- People from Munger district
- Women in Bihar politics
- Bihar MLAs 1962–67
- Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar
- 20th-century Indian women politicians
- 20th-century Indian politicians
- Women state cabinet ministers of India
- Bihar politician stubs