Kamla Beniwal

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Kamla Beniwal
Kamla Beniwal official portrait
10th Governor of Mizoram
In office 9 July 2014 – 6 August 2014 [1]
Chief Minister	Lal Thanhawla
Preceded by	Vakkom Purushothaman
Succeeded by	Vinod Kumar Duggal
18th Governor of Gujarat
In office 27 November 2009 – 6 July 2014
Chief Minister	Narendra Modi Anandiben Patel
Preceded by	S.C. Jamir (additional charge)
Succeeded by	Margaret Alva (additional charge)
11th Governor of Tripura
In office 15 October 2009 – 26 November 2009
Chief Minister	Manik Sarkar
Preceded by	Dinesh Nandan Sahay
Succeeded by	Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil
Personal details
Born	(1927-01-12) 12 January 1927 (age 97) Jhunjhunu, Rajputana Agency, British India
Political party	Indian National Congress (retired)
Spouse	Ramchandra Beniwal
Children	Alok Beniwal
Education	B.A, M.A
Alma mater	Maharani College, Jaipur and Banasthali Vidyapeeth
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Agriculture

Kamla Beniwal (born 12 January 1927) is an Indian politician. She was a senior member of Indian National Congress party.^[2] She served as a minister on different posts and Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan in 2003.^[3] Later she served as Governor of different Indian states between 2009 and 2014. She became the first woman minister in Rajasthan in 1954 at the age of 27. She has been the first ever woman Governor of any northeastern state. She was awarded Tamrapatra by former prime minister Indira Gandhi in recognition of her contribution in the freedom struggle.^[4]