Vimala Sharma

Vimala Sharma
First Lady of India
In role 25 July 1992 – 25 July 1997
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by	Janaki Venkataraman
Succeeded by	Usha Narayanan
Second Lady of India
In role 3 September 1987 – 24 July 1992
Vice President	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by	Janaki Venkataraman
Succeeded by	Usha Narayanan
First Lady of Maharashtra
In office 3 April 1986 – 2 September 1987
Governor	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by	Padmavathi Rao
Succeeded by	Raghavamma Reddy
First Lady of Punjab
In office 26 November 1985 – 2 April 1986
Governor	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by	Saroj Kumari
Succeeded by	Maya Ray
First Lady of United Andhra Pradesh
In office 29 August 1984 – 26 November 1985
Governor	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by	Elizabeth Abraham
Succeeded by	Suman Kant
Personal details
Born	c. 1926–1927 Udaipura, British India
Died	(2020-08-15)August 15, 2020 (aged 93) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Shankar Dayal Sharma ​ ​ (m. 1950; died 1999)​

Vimala Devi Sharma (c. 1927 – 15 August 2020) was an Indian social worker, women's rights activist, and politician. Sharma served as the First Lady of India from 1992 to 1997 and the Second Lady of India & as First Lady of 3 of the Indian states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab during the governorship of her husband, the late President Shankar Dayal Sharma.

Sharma died, at age 93, in August 2020 while recovering from COVID-19.^[1][2]