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title: "Which Indian state had the first woman Chief Minister?"  
description: "Which Indian state had the first woman Chief Minister?"  
author: "Shrikant Mishra"  
published: 2019-07-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62181/which-indian-state-had-the-first-woman-chief-minister  
category: "general knowledge"  
tags: ["general knowledge", "india", "chief minister"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Which Indian state had the first woman Chief Minister?

Which [Indian](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2471/wazirx-received-828-requests-from-indian-international-law-enforcement-agencies) state had the first [woman Chief](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33915/who-became-the-first-woman-chief-minister-of-gujarat-on-22-may-2014) Minister

## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

The **first woman [Chief Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45352/how-corrupt-is-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee) of Indian State was “Sucheta Kriplani”**. She was the 4th **Chief Minister of “Uttar Pradesh”**, and the first woman Chief Minister of any Indian state.

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She held the office of **Uttar Pradesh [Government](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/276/performance-of-government-in-the-center) Chief Minister office from October 2, 1963, to March 13, 1967**. She was **preceded as well as succeeded by the ‘Chandra Bhanu Gupta’**. She was the **Indian [Freedom Fighter](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48888/what-was-the-role-of-lakshmi-sahgal-in-independence) and Politician,** **born in Ambala** city, which is now in [Haryana](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39680/name-the-indian-shooter-from-haryana-who-won-the-women-s-25m-pistol-gold-with-a-new-record-at-the-61st-national-shooting-championship-competitions). She completed her education and earn a Master’s Degree in ‘History’ from ‘St. Stephen’s College, [Delhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52130/who-has-address-the-17th-investiture-ceremony-of-border-security-force-bsf-in-new-delhi)’. She even **worked as the Professor of Constitutional History at ‘[Banaras Hindu University](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34057/who-has-been-appointed-the-new-vice-chancellor-of-banaras-hindu-university-bhu)’ at Varanasi.** \
She belongs to a progressive Brahmin family. Being a freedom fighter, she even **worked with [Mahatma Gandhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40352/to-how-many-years-of-imprisonment-was-mahatma-gandhi-sentenced-for-the-first-time-in-india) during the riots after India’s Partition**. She was also elected in the subcommittee constituted for drafting the Indian Constitution. In the year **1940, she became the founder of ‘All India Mahila Congress’.** \
**She contested from ‘New Delhi’ in the year 1952, for the first Lok Sabha elections in India**. She **contested her last election in the year 1967, during the [Lok Sabha](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/354/countdown-begins-lok-sabha-elections-2019) election from the ‘Gonda’** constituency in Uttar Pradesh. She **died at the age of 70 years on December 1, 1974, at New Delhi.** She took retirement from politics in the year 1971 and secluded herself from active politics till her death.


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