Sumitra Mahajan
Sumitra "Tai" Mahajan (née Sathe; born 12 April 1943; Hindi pronunciation: [sʊmɪt̪ɾaː məɦaːd͡ʒən̪]) is an Indian politician who was the 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from 2014 to 2019. She belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Born Apr 12, 1943Last edited Oct 15, 2026, 3:44 PM
Details
- Born
- Apr 12, 1943
- President
- Pranab Mukherjee Ram Nath Kovind
- Deputy
- M. Thambidurai
- Leader of the House
- Narendra Modi
- Preceded by
- Meira Kumar
- Succeeded by
- Om Birla
- Prime Minister
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Ministry
- Term
- Petroleum and Natural Gas
- 24 May 2003 - 22 May 2004
- Communications and Information Technolog
- 1 July 2002 - 24 May 2003
- Human Resource Development
- 13 October 1999 - 1 July 2002
- Preceded by
- Prakash Chandra Sethi
- Succeeded by
- Shankar Lalwani
- Constituency
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Born
- Sumitra Sathe, (1943-04-12) 12 April 1943 (age 83), Chiplun, Bombay Presidency, British India, (present-day Maharashtra, India)
- Other politicalaffiliations
- National Democratic Alliance
- Spouse
- Jayant Mahajan (m. 1965)
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
- Awards
- Padma Bhushan (2021)
- Nickname
- Tai
- Location
- 17.5300, 73.5200
Sumitra "Tai" Mahajan (née Sathe; born 12 April 1943; Hindi pronunciation: [sʊmɪt̪ɾaː məɦaːd͡ʒən̪])1 is an Indian politician who was the 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, from 2014 to 2019.2 She belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. She represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh from 1989 to 2019 as the longest serving Woman Member of Parliament.3
She also served as a Union Minister of State from 1999 to 2004, holding the portfolios of Human Resource Development, Communications and Information Technology and Petroleum and Natural Gas.4 She also held position of Chairperson of Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (2004-2009) and Standing Committee on Rural Development (2009-2014).5 She was the eldest and seniormost among woman Members of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the second woman after Meira Kumar to be elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. She was awarded India's third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, in 2021.67
Early life and education
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