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<div>{{short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Chandrawati<br />
| image =<br />
| office = Member of the Parliament, Lok Sabha<br />
|constituency = [[Bhiwani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwani constituency]]<br />
| term_start = 1977<br />
| term_end = 1980<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|01|08|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Dalavas Village, [[Charkhi Dadri]],<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|15|1928|01|08|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS Rohtak]]<br />
| education =<br />
| party= [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|otherparty = [[Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse=<br />
| children =<br />
}}<br />
'''Chandrawati''' (8 January 1928 – 15 November 2020) was an Indian politician.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
She was born in 1928 in Dalawas village, [[Bhiwani district]], East Punjab. Her father, Hazarilal Sheoran, served in the [[Indian Army]].{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}<br />
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==Political career==<br />
She was the first woman member of [[Haryana Vidhan Sabha]] and also the first woman member of parliament from Haryana. She was [[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] from 19 February 1990 to 18 December 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=PONDICHERRY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/pondicherry.HTML|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref> Earlier, she was a minister (1964–66 and 1972–74) in the [[Government of Haryana]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership|url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Governors1990.htm|publisher=guide2womenleaders|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref> In 1977, she was elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] as MP for the [[Bhiwani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwani constituency]] as a [[Janata Party]] candidate, defeating Defense Minister [[Bansi Lal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=sixth Loksabha Members|url=http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/womenar.aspx?lsno=6|publisher=National Informatics Center|accessdate=22 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021124658/http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/Members/womenar.aspx?lsno=6|archive-date=21 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She died on 15 November 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haryana''s first woman MP Chandrawati dies at 92|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/haryanas-first-woman-mp-chandrawati-dies-at-92/1976311|date=15 November 2020|accessdate=15 November 2020|publisher=Outlook India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Haryana’s first woman MP Chandrawati passes away|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/haryanas-first-woman-mp-chandrawati-dies-at-92/article33102474.ece|date=15 November 2020|accessdate=15 November 2020|publisher=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><br />
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During 1964–66 and 1972–74 she was Minister of State in Haryana, 1977–79 President of Janata Party and 1982–85 Leader of the Opposition, and later a senior [[Indian National Congress]] leader in Haryana.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}<br />
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[[Category:1928 births]]<br />
[[Category:2020 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bhiwani district]]<br />
[[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry]]<br />
[[Category:Women state governors of India]]<br />
[[Category:6th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Women in Haryana politics]]<br />
[[Category:Women in Puducherry politics]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Leaders of the Opposition in Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Dal politicians]]<br />
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