What is Sumitra Mahajan?
[[File:Sumitra Mahajan.jpg|right|200px]] '''Sumitra Mahajan''' (born 12 April 1943) is an Indian politician and 16th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] from 5 June 2014 to 19 June 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/sumitra-mahajan-tai|title=Sumitra Mahajan (Tai) - National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref> She is a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.In 2014 she got elected 8 times and she is currently the longest serving women member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/archive-news/|title=Hindustan Times - Archive News|website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> She also served as the Union Minister. Sumitra Mahajan is the second longest serving women speaker after [[Meira Kumar]]. Sumitra Mahajan was born in Chitpavan Brahmin family in [[Chiplun]], [[Maharashtra]] on 11 April 1943. She married Jayant Mahajan of Indore. She received MA and LLB after marriage from the [[Indore University]]. Sumitra became the first Indian women to represent the same Lok sabha constituency on the same party eight times in a row.Her record was included in the LIMCA book. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahajan, Sumitra}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Speakers of the Lok Sabha]] [[Category:Politicians from Madhya Pradesh]] {{bio-stub}}{{Speakers of the Lok Sabha}}