Ansuyabai Borkar
Indian politician and social activist
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Ansuyabai Bhaorao Borkar was a social activist, Indian National Congress (INC) politician and member of the 1st Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament from 1955 to 1957.
Ansuyabai Borkar | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1955–1957 | |
| Constituency | Bhandara |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1929 Kampti, Central Provinces and Berar, British Raj |
| Died | 18 July 2000 (aged 70–71) Nagpur, India |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
Early life
Ansuyabai was born in Kampti, Madhya Pradesh (then a part of Central Provinces and Berar) in 1929 to a family of cultivators.[1] She received education from Salem Girls Hindi English Middle School of Raipur.[2]
Career
Borkar was an active social worker and conducted education programs for adult women in Nagpur.[1] She was also a member of the Nagpur district committee of the Indian National Congress (INC) party.[2][3]
After the death of her husband, a sitting MP, Borkar contested for and won a seat from the two-member Bhandara (Reserved, Madhya Pradesh) constituency in the 1955 by-election as an INC candidate, obtaining 84,458 votes. The opposing Scheduled Castes Federation candidate secured approximately 58,000 votes.[4]