Geeta Mukherjee

Geeta Mukherjee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 January 1980 – 4 March 2000
Preceded byAbha Maiti
Succeeded byBikram Sarkar
ConstituencyPanskura
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1967–1977
Preceded byRajani Kanta Pramanik
Succeeded bySwadesh Ranjan Maji
ConstituencyPanskura Purba
Personal details
Born
Geeta Roy Chowdhury

( 1924-01-08)8 January 1924
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died4 March 2000(2000-03-04) (aged 76)
New Delhi, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpouseBiswanath Mukherjee
ChildrenBhagabat Jana
RelativesMadhumita Jana (Grandchildren)
Residence(s)Flat-12, Block-D, 18, Bow Street, Calcutta-700012
Bow Bazar, Kolkata
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Ashutosh College (B.A.)
ProfessionPolitician, social worker, writer

Geeta Mukherjee (8 January 1924 – 4 March 2000) was an Indian politician and social worker and a four times MLA from Panskura Purba, from 1967 to 1977. As a Member of Parliament, she was elected seven times from the Panskura constituency, from 1980 to 2000, in the Indian state of West Bengal being a Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate.[1] She also remained the president of National Federation of Indian Women, women's wing of Communist Party of India. She led the demand for the legislature of 1/3rd reservation for women in parliamentary elections in India.[2]

  1. ^ "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hindu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).