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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Baby Rani Maurya
| image = The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the 1st Uttarakhand Investors Summit, at Dehradun, Uttarakhand (cropped).JPG
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|08|15}}
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| residence = [[Raj Bhavan, Dehradun]]
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| office = 7th [[Governor of Uttarakhand]]
| 1blankname = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Trivendra Singh Rawat]]<br/> [[Tirath Singh Rawat]]<br/>[[Pushkar Singh Dhami]]
| constituency =
| term_start = 26 August 2018
| term_end = 15 September 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/new-uttarakhand-governor-likely-to-take-oath-on-september-15/articleshow/86100317.cms|title=New Uttarakhand governor likely to take oath on September 15 | Dehradun News - Times of India}}</ref>
| predecessor = [[Krishan Kant Paul]]
| successor = [[Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh (Retd.)]]
| office2 = Member of the [[National Commission for Women]]
| term2 = 2002–2005
| office3 = Mayor of [[Agra]]
| term3 = 1995–2000
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse =
| children =
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'''Baby Rani Maurya''' (born 15 August 1956) is an Indian politician, currently serving as Vice President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), since September 2021. She entered politics as a worker for the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the early 1990s. She was the first woman mayor of Agra from 1995 to 2000. From 2002 until 2005, she served on the [[National Commission for Women]]. She served as [[List of governors of Uttarakhand|seventh]] [[governor of Uttarakhand]] from 26 August 2018 till September 2021, when she resigned two years before completing her term. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/uttarakhand-governor-baby-rani-maurya-resigns-101631093242299.html|title=Uttarakhand governor Baby Rani Maurya resigns|date=8 September 2021}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Maurya was born on 15 August 1956.<ref name="ukgovernor">{{Cite web |url=http://governoruk.gov.in/pages/display/63-our-governor |title=Bioprofile of Smt. Baby Rani Maurya, Hon'ble Governor, Uttarakhand |website=Rajbhawan Uttarakhand |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827095230/http://governoruk.gov.in/pages/display/63-our-governor |archive-date=27 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> She has [[Bachelor of Education]] and Master of Arts degrees.<ref name="ukgovernor" />

== Career ==
Maurya became active in politics in the early 1990s, following her marriage to a bank officer, Pradeep Kumar Maurya, who now serves on the advisory board of the [[Punjab National Bank]] after retiring as its director.<ref name="toi">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/uttarakhand-governor-baby-rani-maurya-a-dedicated-worker-strict-administrator/articleshow/65506991.cms |title=Uttarakhand governor Baby Rani Maurya a dedicated worker, strict administrator |last=Lavania |first=Deepak |access-date=26 August 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=23 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="uttarakhandnewsnetwork">{{Cite news |url=https://uttarakhandnewsnetwork.com/2018/08/baby-rani-maurya-to-take-oath-as-uttarakhand-governor-on-26th-august/ |title=Baby Rani Maurya To Take Oath As Uttarakhand Governor On 26th August |access-date=26 August 2018 |work=Uttarakhand News Network |date=23 August 2018}}</ref> She began her political career as a worker of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). In 1995 she contested the [[Agra]] mayoral election on a BJP ticket, and won with a large mandate. She was the first woman to be mayor of Agra, and held the post until 2000.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Former Agra mayor appointed Uttarakhand governor">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/former-agra-mayor-appointed-ukhand-guv/articleshow/65493511.cms |title=Former Agra mayor appointed Uttarakhand governor |last=Kumar |first=Yogesh |access-date=27 August 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=22 August 2018}}</ref>

In 1997, Maurya was appointed an office bearer of the scheduled caste (SC) wing of the BJP. [[Ram Nath Kovind]], who is now the [[President of India]], was then the chairman of the SC wing.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="ukgovernor" /> As office bearer of this wing she assumed responsibility for strengthening the BJP's reach among members of the [[scheduled castes]] in Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="toi" /> In 2001, she was made a member of the Uttar Pradesh social welfare board.<ref name="toi" /> In recognition of her efforts toward the empowerment of [[dalit]] women, in 2002 she was made a member of the [[National Commission for Women]].<ref name="ukgovernor" /><ref name="toi" /><ref name="ncw">{{Cite web |url=http://ncw.nic.in/commission/about-us/constitution/list-members-commission-its-inception |title=List of Members of the Commission since its inception |website=National Commission for Women}}</ref> She served on the Commission until 2005.<ref name="ncw"/>

The BJP nominated Maurya to contest the [[Etmadpur]] seat in the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]; however, she narrowly lost to her [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] opponent, Narayan Singh Suman.<ref name="toi" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eci.nic.in/archive/May2007/pollupd/ac/states/S24/Aconst339.htm |title=339-Etmadpur- Uttar Pradesh |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> From 2013 to 2015, she was engaged in the state-level responsibilities that were assigned to her by the BJP.<ref name="toi" /> In July 2018, she was made a member of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights.<ref name="toi" />

On 21 August 2018, Maurya was appointed the seventh governor of Uttarakhand by the [[Government of India|Indian government]].<ref name="toi" /><ref name="deccanchronicle">{{Cite news |url=https://deccanchronicle.com/videos/news/baby-rani-maurya-takes-oath-as-uttarakhand-governor.html |title=Baby Rani Maurya takes oath as Uttarakhand Governor |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Deccan Chronicle |agency=Asian News International |date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830111558/https://deccanchronicle.com/videos/news/baby-rani-maurya-takes-oath-as-uttarakhand-governor.html |archive-date=30 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was sworn in on 26 August at a ceremony held at the [[Raj Bhavan, Dehradun|Raj Bhavan]] in Uttarakhand,<ref name="Maurya sworn in as new Uttarakhand governor ">{{Cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/baby-rani-maurya-sworn-in-as-new-uttarakhand-governor/articleshow/65552443.cms |title=Baby Rani Maurya sworn in as new Uttarakhand governor|access-date=30 August 2018 |work=The Economic Times |agency=Press Trust of India |date=26 August 2018}}</ref> becoming only the second woman to be the governor of Uttarakhand: [[Margaret Alva]], appointed in 2009, was the first.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Former Agra mayor appointed Uttarakhand governor" /> She succeeded [[Krishan Kant Paul]], whose term had officially expired on 8 July, but who remained in office until 25 August due to the delay in appointing his replacement.<ref name="Former Agra mayor appointed Uttarakhand governor" /><ref name="Maurya sworn in as new Uttarakhand governor " /><ref name="deccanchronicle" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/who-will-be-the-next-ukhand-governor/articleshow/64908669.cms |title=Who will be the next U'khand governor? |last=Kumar |first=Yogesh |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=9 July 2018}}</ref> She resigned in September 2021, two years before completing her term as Governor. A few days later, she was appointed National Vice President of BJP, with assembly elections in her home state of UP due in a few months. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/dilip-ghosh-baby-rani-maurya-bjp-vice-president-7522921/|title=Faction-ridden Bengal BJP gets new chief amid a spate of exodus|date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

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