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'''Kamala (Kamla) Sinha''' (30 September 1932 – 31 December 2014) was an Indian politician and diplomat. She was twice elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1990 to 2000, and later served as Ambassador to [[Suriname]] and [[Barbados]]. She was also [[Union Council of Ministers of India|Union]] [[Minister of State]] (MoS) for external affairs (Independent Charge) in the cabinet of [[I. K. Gujral]]. She died in [[Syracuse, New York]], on December 31, 2014, aged 82.<ref name="BS">{{cite web|title=Former MoS for External Affairs Kamala Sinha passes away|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/former-mos-for-external-affairs-kamala-sinha-passes-away-115010100744_1.html|work=Business Standard|<br />
date=January 1, 2015|accessdate=January 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite web|title=Former union minister Kamla Sinha dies in US away|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Former-union-minister-Kamla-Sinha-dies-in-US/articleshow/45720792.cms|work=Times of India|date=January 1, 2015|accessdate=January 1, 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Born in [[Dhaka]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]) on September 30, 1932, Sinha, a grandniece of Jan Sangh founder [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]],<ref name="Hindu 2015">{{cite web | last=Hindu | first=The | title=Kamala Sinha passes away | website=The Hindu | date=2015-01-02 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/kamala-sinha-passes-away/article6746856.ece | access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref><ref name="India 2015">{{cite web | agency=Press Trust of India | title=Former MoS for External Affairs Kamala Sinha passes away | website=Business Standard News | date=2015-01-01 | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/former-mos-for-external-affairs-kamala-sinha-passes-away-115010100744_1.html | access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref><ref name="PTI 2015">{{cite web | author=PTI | title=Former MoS for External Affairs Kamala Sinha passes away in US | website=indiatvnews.com | date=2015-01-01 | url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/former-mos-for-external-affairs-kamala-sinha-passes-away-24442.html | access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref><ref name="Outlook">{{cite web | title=Former MoS for External Affairs Kamala Sinha Dead | date=2015-01-01 | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/former-mos-for-external-affairs-kamala-sinha-dead/875339 | access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> was married to [[Basawon Singh (Sinha)|Basawon Sinha]], revolutionary, nationalist, socialist, trade unionist and the first leader of opposition in [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/Bihars-biwi-brigade/articleshow/23601794.cms | title=Bihar's biwi brigade | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=6 October 2013 | accessdate=22 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="TOI"/><ref name="Hindu 2015"/><ref name="India 2015"/><ref name="PTI 2015"/><ref name="Outlook"/><br />
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==Politics==<br />
A two-term member of Bihar legislative council between 1972–84 and also a two-term member of Rajya Sabha, she had been a member of various committees.<ref name="TOI"/> Her husband [[Basawon Singh (Sinha)|Basawon Sinha]] was a freedom fighter and colleague of [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] and Karpoori Thakur.<ref name="TOI"/> She was detained under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the JP-led movement. She had been president of Hind Mazdoor Sabha for several years (the only woman to have ever become President of a central labour federation) and travelled extensively across the world in several capacities.<ref name="TOI"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgjW-JmUKCk<br />
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7sgHzHP8Lo<br />
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