Sumitra Devi
Indian politician
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| Intro | Indian politician | |
| Places | India | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1922, Munger district, Bihar, India | |
| Death | 1 January 2001 (aged 79 years) | |
| Politics: | Indian National Congress |
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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.