Gayatri Devi (Uttar Pradesh politician)

Gayatri Devi
Spouse of the 5th Prime Minister of India
In office
28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Preceded byGujraben Desai
Succeeded bySonia Gandhi
Member of 7th Lok Sabha
In office
18 January 1980 – 31 December 1984
Preceded byChandan Singh
Succeeded byAkhtar Hasan
ConstituencyKairana Lok Sabha constituency
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
5 February 1969 – 23 February 1974
Preceded byM.L. Gautam
Succeeded byRajendra Singh
ConstituencyIglas
Personal details
Born5 December 1905
Sonipat district, Haryana
Died10 May 2002
Spouse
(m. 1925)
Children6, including Ajit Singh

Gayatri Devi was an Indian politician and spouse of 5th Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh. She served as Member of 7th Lok Sabha from Kairana Lok Sabha constituency[1] and Member of 5th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Iglas Assembly constituency.[2] She was only first lady MLA from Mathura.[3]

  1. ^ "Members of Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH". Election Commission of India.
  3. ^ "जिले की एक महिला ही पहुंची विधानसभा, गायत्री देवी ही बड़ी कशमकश से बचा पाई थीं सीट". Dainik Bhaskar.