Maya Ray | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1972–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Siddhartha Shankar Ray |
| Succeeded by | Md. Hayat Ali |
| Constituency | Raiganj, (West Bengal) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1927 Dibrugarh, Assam, British India[1] |
| Died | 11 March 2013 (aged 86) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Siddhartha Shankar Ray |
| Residence | Kolkata |
Maya Ray was a lawyer and an Indian politician from West Bengal. She was elected in a Bye election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Raiganj, West Bengal, in 1972.
Career
The Bye election was necessitated after her husband Siddhartha Shankar Ray resigned the seat after he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 1972.[2][3][4][5][6]
As a lawyer she was once referred to as "a noted barrister and former elected official" by the late Thomas J. Manton, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Death
She died of kidney failure on 11 March 2013, two and a quarter years after her husband died.[7]
References
- ↑ The States. India News and Feature Alliance. 1971. p. 21. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ India. Parliament. House of the People; India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (1976). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 38. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ↑ Jasodhara Bagchi (7 January 2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. SAGE Publications. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-81-321-0178-9. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ↑ Indian Recorder and Digest. 1972. p. 31. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ↑ Asian Recorder. Vol. 18. 1972. p. viii. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ↑ "Raiganj Lok Sabha Elections". Elections.in. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ↑ "Nation Briefs". The Telegraph. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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