Renuka Ray

Renuka Ray
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1957–1967
Preceded bySurendra Mohan Ghose
Succeeded byUma Roy
ConstituencyMalda, West Bengal
Personal details
Born4 January 1904
Calcutta, Bengal presidency, British India
Died11 April 1997(1997-04-11) (aged 93)
Malda, West Bengal, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
ParentSatish Chandra Mukherjee
AwardsPadma Bhushan

Renuka Ray (4 January 1904 – 11 April 1997) was a noted freedom-fighter, social activist and politician of India.[1]

She was a descendant of Brahmo reformer, Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee, and daughter of Satish Chandra Mukherjee, an ICS officer, and Charulata Mukherjee, a social worker and member of the All India Women’s Conference.[2] She was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1988.[3]

  1. ^ Women parliamentarians in India by CK Jain, Published for Lok Sabha Secretariat by Surjeet Publications, 1993
  2. ^ Srivastava, Gouri (2006). Women Role Models: Some Eminent Women of Contemporary India By Gouri Srivastava. Concept Publishing Company. p. 37. ISBN 9788180693366.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.