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'''Ila Pal Choudhury''' (1908 – 9 March 1975) was an [[India]]n Parliamentarian and nationalist social worker.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Smt. Ila Pal Choudhury was born in a [[Brahma]] family in [[Kolkata]], [[British India]]. Her father Bijay Krishna Basu was the Superintendent of the [[Zoological Garden, Alipore|Alipore Zoological Garden, Alipore]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Majumadāra|first=Līlā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jr7K6xQwMw8C&dq=%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE+%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2+%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80&pg=PA109|title=Kherora khātā|date=1981|publisher=Ānanda|isbn=978-81-7066-939-5|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=Ramananda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgcFAAAAMAAJ&q=Bijay+Basu+Zoological+Garden,+Alipore|title=The Modern Review|date=1937|publisher=Prabasi Press Private, Limited|language=en}}</ref> Ila married with Nadia's landlord Amiyanarayan Pal Choudhury. Her father-in-law [[Bipradas Pal Chowdhury]] was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] industrialist of [[British India]] and man of modern concept. She entered politics and joined into the [[Indian National Congress]] of her young age.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
After joining the party Smt. Pal Choudhury met ''Netaji'' [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and worked with him. She gradually became the leader of women's branch of the regional congress, [[Bengal]]. In 1957 Pal Choudhury won first time in the parliamentary election from the [[Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nabadwip Lok Sabha constituency]], [[Nadia district]] and became an active [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title=West Bengal Election Commission|last=(PDF)|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA|last=VOLUME I|first=(National & State abstracts & detailed results)|publisher=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA|year=1957|location=New Delhi}}</ref> Afterwards she contested in the Bye election of [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency]] in 1968 and again won the seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/krishnanagar.html|title=Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Elections and Results 2014|website=elections.in|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> She was also involved with various social works like school establishment, welfare organisations etc.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Ed - S.Sengupta & A. Basu|first=Vol - I|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=62}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Smt. Ila Pal Choudhury died on 9 March 1975.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Politicians from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Social workers]]<br />
[[Category:Women in West Bengal politics]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
[[Category:2nd Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Nadia district]]<br />
[[Category:1908 births]]<br />
[[Category:1975 deaths]]</div>->Pinakpani