Abha Maiti
Minister of State for Industry
In office
12 August 1977 – 1979
Prime MinisterMorarji Desai
Minister of Refugee and Social Welfare,
Government of West Bengal
In office
1962–1967
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 1960 – 4 March 1962
Member of Parliament
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byGeeta Mukherjee
ConstituencyPanskura
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1952–1957
Serving with Koustav Kanti Karan
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byAbanti Kumar Das
ConstituencyKhejuri
In office
1962–1969
Preceded byBasanta Kumar Panda
Bhikhari Mondal
Succeeded byPrasanta Kumar Pradhan
ConstituencyBhagabanpur
Personal details
Born22 April 1925
Kalicharanpur, Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died3 July 1994
Political partyJanata Party
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Lok Dal
Indian National Congress
Parents
  • Nikunja Behari Maiti (father)
  • Ahalya Maiti[1] (mother)

Abha Maiti (22 April 1925 - 3 July 1994) was a former Indian politician. She was the minister of state for industry in the Morarji Desai government from 1977[2] to 1979.[3][4]

Early life

Abha Maiti was born in Midnapore in a Mahishya family. His father was prominent freedom fighter and politician Nikunja Bihari Maiti, who was the first Education minister and refugee rehabilitation minister of West Bengal.[5][6] She obtained BA degree from Bethune College and did LLB and MA from University of Calcutta.[7][8]

Career

She was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1951 and from Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1962, 1967 and 1969.[9] Between 1960 and 1962, Maiti was a member of the Rajya Sabha.[10] She was the refugee rehabilitation minister of West Bengal from 1962 to 1967.[11]

She was elected to Lok Sabha in 1977 from Panskura in West Bengal on the Janata Party ticket.[12]

References

  1. ^ Reed, Stanley (1950). The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. p. 710. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ "12 August 1977, Forty Years Ago: Lyricist Dead". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1994). Parliamentary Debates Official Report · Volume 171, Issues 1-2. Council of States Secretariat.
  4. ^ "abha-maiti-video | kolkata - News18 Bangla, Today's Latest Bengali News". bengali.news18.com (in Bengali). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ^ Enlite. Light Publications. 1968. p. 8.
  6. ^ Sen, Uditi (30 August 2018). Citizen Refugee: Forging the Indian Nation after Partition. Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-108-42561-2.
  7. ^ Sarkar, Ashim Kumar (2008). Changing Profile of a Bengal District: Malda 1932-1950. Classique books. p. 85. ISBN 978-81-87616-34-4.
  8. ^ ".:: Legacy of Midnapore - Freedom Fighter - Abha Maity ::". www.midnapore.in. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  10. ^ Bagchi, Jasodhara (2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9788132101789. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  11. ^ Sen, Uditi (30 August 2018). Citizen Refugee: Forging the Indian Nation after Partition. Cambridge University Press. pp. 61–65. ISBN 978-1-108-42561-2.
  12. ^ Bandar, Haldia. "শ্রীমতী আভা মাইতি জন্মদিনের শ্রদ্ধা". Haldia Bandar. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

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