Rajendra Kumari Bajpai

Rajendra Kumari Bajpai
Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
In office
2 May 1995 – 22 April 1998
PresidentShankar Dayal Sharma
K. R. Narayanan
Chief MinisterR. V. Janakiraman
Preceded byMarri Chenna Reddy
Succeeded byRajani Rai
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Welfare
In office
25 September 1985 – 2 December 1989
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Succeeded byRam Vilas Paswan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1980–1991
Preceded byHar Govind Verma
Succeeded byJanardan Prasad Mishra
ConstituencySitapur
Personal details
Born(1925-02-08)8 February 1925
Laluchak, Bihar, British India
Died17 June 1999(1999-06-17) (aged 74)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (8 February 1925 – 17 July 1999) was an Indian National Congress politician, a former Union Minister of India and former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry. She was elected three times to the Lok Sabha from Sitapur constituency in 1980, 1984 and 1989 and was a close confidant of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.