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| Sucheta Kriplani
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Sucheta Kriplani was born in 1908 in Ambala, Haryana.She belonged to a Bengali family. Before marriage her title was Mazumdar. She was the daughter of S.N. Majumdar, who was a government doctor and a nationalist. Sucheta Kriplani received education from Indraprastha College and St.Stephen`s College, Delhi. After that she joined Banaras Hindu University as a lecturer. In 1936 Sucheta Kriplani came into contact with great socialist leader in Acharya Kriplani and married him. She also joined in the Indian National Congress and actively participated in the Indian Freedom Movement.
In 1942 He took part in the Quit India Movement along with Aruna Asaf Ali and Usha Mehta. During communal violence Sucheta Kriplani went to Noakhali with Gandhiji and worked hard. She was selected as the member of Constituent Assembly of India in 1946.In 1952 she was elected, as the member of Lok Sabha from U.P. Sucheta Kriplani was also Minister of Small Scale Industries in Nehru`s cabinet. In 1962 she was elected as the member of U.P assembly and the very next year she was appointed as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. She was the first women chief minister of India. During this time she successfully managed the 62 days long strike by the state employees. Sucheta Kriplani passed away in the year 1974.
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