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Maya Ray 
Summary
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.
Maya Ray | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1972–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Siddhartha Shankar Ray |
| Succeeded by | Md. Hayat Ali |
| Constituency | Raiganj, (West Bengal) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1927 Dibrugarh, Assam, British India[1] |
| Died | 11 March 2013 (aged 86) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Siddhartha Shankar Ray |
| Residence | Kolkata |
Career edit
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 edit
She died of kidney failure on 11 March 2013, two and a quarter years after her husband died.[7]
References edit
- ^ The States. India News and Feature Alliance. 1971. p. 21. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ India. Parliament. House of the People; India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (1976). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 38. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Jasodhara Bagchi (7 January 2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. SAGE Publications. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-81-321-0178-9. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Indian Recorder and Digest. 1972. p. 31. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ Asian Recorder. Vol. 18. 1972. p. viii. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Raiganj Lok Sabha Elections". Elections.in. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Nation Briefs". The Telegraph. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2020.