Grace Tucker
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Grace Tucker | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1957–1967 | |
| Constituency | Halasuru |
| Deputy Minister of Education | |
| In office 1957–1967 | |
| Chief Minister | S. Nijalingappa |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | India |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
Grace Tucker was an Indian politician and a former Congress MLA in Mysore State who represented Halasuru from 1957 to 1967.[1][2] She was the first woman to get a cabinet post in Karnataka, serving as the Deputy Minister of Education during the Nijalingappa ministry.[3] As the Deputy Minister of Education, she was involved with the Kothari Commission.[4]