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'''Kesharbai Kshirsagar''' (1930–2006) was an Indian politician and three-time member of the [[Lok Sabha]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kesharbai was born in [[Nimgaon]] village of [[Pune district]] on 29 March 1930.<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Kshirsagar, Smt. Kesharbai|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2775.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Known for her social work, Kshirsagar was elected the [[sarpanch]] of Rajuri village ([[Beed]]) in 1962 and the chairman of [[Panchayat samiti (block)|panchayat samiti]] in 1967. She entered the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] in 1972 as an [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) politician representing [[Chausala]] and served on its Committee on Public Undertakings.<ref>{{cite book|author=Committee on Public Undertakings|title=Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhIvAQAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=[[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]|page=40}}</ref><br />
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INC (I) made Kshirsagar its official candidate from [[Beed (Lok Sabha constituency)|Beed constituency]] during the [[1980 Indian general election]]. She won the seat, defeating her nearest rival by a difference of 67,503 votes and became a member of the [[7th Lok Sabha]] (1980–84).<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports on the General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_II_LS_80.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=25 November 2017|page=275}}</ref> She was re-elected in 1984 and 1991. As an MP, she served on various parliamentary committees, including the one for official languages.<ref name="LS" /> Later Kshirsagar joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP).<ref name="UNI">{{cite web|author1=[[United News of India]]|title=Ex-MP Kesharkaku Kshirsagar passes away|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2006/10/04/ex-mp-kesharkaku-kshirsagar-passes-away-1159941834.html|publisher=[[OneIndia.com]]|accessdate=25 November 2017|date=4 October 2006}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
At the age of 15, Kesharbai was married to Sonajirao Kshirsagar.<ref name="LS" /> They had 8 children and one of their sons, [[Jaydutt Kshirsagar]], was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1990.<ref name="Vohra1992">{{cite book|last=Vohra|first=Gautam|title=The New Political Elite|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3yn7-VMxV0C&pg=PA79|year=1992|publisher=Daya Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7035-109-2|page=79}}</ref> She was fondly called Kesharkaku and died on 4 October 2006 at a hospital in Mumbai.<ref name="UNI" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1930 births]]<br />
[[Category:2006 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Pune]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1972–1978]]<br />
[[Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:People from Beed district]]<br />
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