Sucheta Kriplani was a great freedom fighter of India. She was born as
Sucheta Mazumdar in the year 1908. She was the first woman to be elected
as the Chief Minister of a state in India. In this article, we will
present you with the biography of Sucheta Kriplani, an important
personality who has made an immense contribution in fighting for the
freedom of India.
Early life
Sucheta Kriplani was born to a Bengali family in the Ambala city. Her
father S.N. Majumdar was a nationalist of India. Sucheta took education
from Indraprastha College and St.Stephen's College in Delhi. After
completing her studies, she took the job of a lecturer in the Banaras
Hindu University. In the year 1936, she tied her wedding knots with a
socialist Acharya Kriplani and joined the Indian National Congress. Read
on to know the complete life history of Sucheta Kriplani.
Freedom
Movement and Independence
She came into the Indian historical scene during the Quit India
Movement. Sucheta worked in close association with Mahatma Gandhi during
the time of partition riots. She went along with him to Noakhali in
1946. She was one amongst the handful women who got elected to the
Constituent Assembly. She became a part of the subcommittee that was
handed over the task of laying down the charter for the constitution of
India. On the 15th August, 1947, i.e. the Independence Day, she sang the
national song Vande Mataram in the Independence Session of the
Constituent Assembly.
Post Independence
During the post Independence period, she was instrumental in politics
in U.P. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in the year 1952 and 1957. She
also served as the Minister of State for Small Scale Industries. In the
year 1962, she was elected to the U.P Assembly. In the year 1963, she
became the first woman to hold a prestigious position of the Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh. During her long tenure of work, one of her
biggest achievements has been the effective handling of the 62 day long
strike by the state employees. In the year 1971, she took retirement
from the politics and went into seclusion. This prominent personality
died in the year 1974.
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