Shakila Jalaluddin, a.k.a. Shakila Jalal (née Shakila Khatun) was a politician and Deputy Minister of Social Welfare in the Indian province of West Bengal. She was 24 years old when she entered the West Bengal Assembly after winning the election representing the Indian Congress Party in 1962 defeating Independent candidate Phonibhushan Mondal, making Jalaluddin the youngest female elected official in India. To present day, Jalaluddin holds the record for the largest number of votes in the Basanti constituency of West Bengal.[1][2][3]
- ^ Bagchi, Jasodhara; Gupta, Sarmistha Dutta (24 January 2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000), Edited by Jasodhara Bagchi, ISBN 0761932429. ISBN 0761932429.
- ^ "KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF GENERAL ELECTION 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL" (PDF).
- ^ "Empowering India". Archived from the original on 4 February 2016.
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