Geeta Mukherjee

Geeta Mukherjee
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Panskura
In office
16 January 1980 – 4 March 2000
Preceded byAbha Maiti
Succeeded byBikram Sarkar
MLA
In office
1967–1977
Preceded byRajani Kanta Pramanik
Succeeded bySwadesh Ranjan Maji
ConstituencyPanskura Purba
Personal details
Born
Geeta Roy Chowdhury

( 1924-01-08)8 January 1924
Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India
Died4 March 2000(2000-03-04) (aged 76)
New Delhi, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpouseBiswanath Mukherjee
ChildrenBhagabat Jana
RelativesMadhumita Jana (Grandchildren)
Residence(s)Flat-12, Block-D, 18, Bow Street, Calcutta-700012
Bow Bazar, Kolkata
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Ashutosh College (B.A.)
ProfessionPolitician, social worker, writer

Geeta Mukherjee (8 January 1924 – 4 March 2000) was an Indian politician and social worker and a four times MLA from Panskura Purba, from 1967 to 1977. As a Member of Parliament, she was elected seven times from the Panskura constituency, from 1980 to 2000, in the Indian state of West Bengal being a Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate.[1] She also remained the president of National Federation of Indian Women, women's wing of Communist Party of India. She led the demand for the legislature of 1/3rd reservation for women in parliamentary elections in India.[2]

  1. ^ "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hindu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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