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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Bonily Khongmen
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jowai]] ,[[West Jaintia Hills district|West Jaintia]] ,[[Assam Province|Assam]] ,[[British India]]<small> (present-day [[Meghalaya]], [[India]])</small>
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|3|17|1912|6|25|df=y}}
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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency)|Autonomous District]], [[Assam]]
| term =1952-1957
| predecessor =
| successor =[[George Gilbert Swell]]
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| source = http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/798.htm
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'''Bonily Khongmen''' (25 June 1912 – 17 March 2007) was an Indian politician in the [[Indian National Congress]] Party.<ref>[https://voleng.com/kabon-neli-khongmen-timungpi-the-first-woman-from-northeast-india-to-be-a-member-of-parliament-m-p/ Kabon Neli (Khongmen) Timungpi: the first woman from Northeast India to be a Member of Parliament (M.P.)]</ref> She was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from the [[Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency)|Autonomous District constituency]] [[Assam]] in 1952. She was a member of the [[1st Lok Sabha]].She was also the Deputy Speaker in Assam assembly.<ref>[http://assamassembly.gov.in/dyspeaker-list.html Name of Deputy Speakers of Assam Legislative Assembly since 1937 ]. http://assamassembly.gov.in/dyspeaker-list.html(2012-08-13) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613020955/http://assamassembly.gov.in/dyspeaker-list.html(2012-08-13) |date=13 June 2015 }}. Retrieved on 2012-08-13.</ref><ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/state1to12.aspx?state_name=Assam 1st Lok Sabha Assam (2012-08-13). Retrieved on 2012-08-13.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022718/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/state1to12.aspx?state_name=Assam |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/states/woman-mp-of-first-parliament-passes-away_360731.html Woman MP of first Parliament passes away (2007-03-18) . Retrieved on 2012-08-13.]</ref><ref>[http://news.oneindia.in/2007/03/18/khongmen-first-woman-mp-ne-passes-away.html Khongmen, first woman MP from NE, passes away (2007-03-18) . Retrieved on 2012-08-13.]</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Khongmen was educated at Welsh Mission Girls' High School, Shillong, and Diocesan College, Calcutta.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/798.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|website=164.100.47.194|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref> Between 1932 and 1946, she worked in education, as headmistress of Golaghat Girls' School (1932–33), Assamese Girls School, Shillong (1935-1940), and Lady Reid School, Shillong (1940-1946).<ref name=":0" />

=== Political career ===
In 1946, Khongmen participated in the provincial elections to the Assam legislative assembly, contesting and winning the Shillong reserved seat, which was then part of Assam.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Making of the Indian union: merger of princely states and excluded areas|last=Nag|first=Sajal|publisher=Akansha Publishing House|year=2007|isbn=9788183701105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3UMAQAAMAAJ&q=Making+of+the+Indian+union:+merger+of+princely+states+and+excluded+areas|pages=177}}</ref> She was subsequently elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, the first woman to serve in that position.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Proceedings of North East India History Association (Volume 21)|last=|first=|publisher=|year=2000|isbn=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LDhuAAAAMAAJ&q=bonily+khongmen|pages=203}}</ref> Khongmen contested the first Lok Sabha election in 1951 from the Autonomous District constituency of Assam.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1951 to the First Lok Sabha|last=|first=|publisher=Election Commission of India|year=|isbn=|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|pages=68}}</ref> She won the election with 54% of the vote, defeating Wilson Reade of the KJD who was runner-up with 30% of the votes.<ref name=":1" />

=== Other career ===
After serving as an MP in the first Lok Sabha, Khongmen served as the first female Chairperson of the Assam Public Service Commission.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Public Service Commissions: A Study|last=Hazarika|first=Niru|publisher=Leeladevi Publications|year=1979|isbn=9780391018471|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CwwIAAAAMAAJ&q=bonily+khongmen|pages=47}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
She played the violin, and took an interest in spinning and weaving clothes, collecting books, gardening, reading, and knitting.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/798.htm Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website]
* [https://voleng.com/kabon-neli-khongmen-timungpi-the-first-woman-from-northeast-india-to-be-a-member-of-parliament-m-p/ Kabon Neli (Khongmen) Timungpi: the first woman from Northeast India to be a Member of Parliament (M.P.)]

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[[Category:Deputy Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Assam]]
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