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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Kirti Kumari<br />
| image =<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1967|8|13}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], Rajasthan<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|8|28|1967|8|13|df=y}}<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]]<br />
| term = 2013–2017<br />
| successor = [[Vivek Dhakar]]<br />
| constituency = [[Mandalgarh]], [[Bhilwara]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kirti Kumari''' (13 August 1967 &ndash; 28 August 2017) member of the erstwhile Royal Family of Bijolia, daughter of present Rao Saheb Shri Chandraveer Singh ji of Bijolia and Rani Saheb Manohar Kanwar of Auwa (Marwar). She was an alumnus of the Sophia Senior Secondary School, Ajmer & later the Sophia College where she completed her Bachelor of Arts. She worked for the Mayo College Girls School as a House Master in Jamila Singh House. Next she entered into politics and was a politician from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and a member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Mandalgarh]] Vidhan Sabha constituency in [[Bhilwara]] district, [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rajassembly.nic.in/MembersPage.asp?DivNo=32 | title=Kirti kumari Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Members of the 14th House | publisher=rajassembly.nic.in | access-date=27 February 2017 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620072919/http://rajassembly.nic.in/MembersPage.asp?DivNo=32 | archive-date=20 June 2017 | df= }}</ref> Kumari died of a [[swine flu]] infection on 28 August 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wadhawan|first1=Dev Ankur|title=Rajasthan: BJP MLA from Mandalgarh passes away due to swine flu|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajasthan-bjp-mla-mandalgarh-death-swine-flu/1/1035442.html|accessdate=2 September 2017|work=India Today|date=28 August 2017}}</ref> She was fifty years old.<ref name=ht>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/bjp-mla-kirti-kumari-from-rajasthan-s-mandalgarh-dies-of-swine-flu/story-TPpwBH08A0JX9NqKcFH0KO.html | title=BJP MLA Kirti Kumari from Rajasthan's Mandalgarh dies of swine flu | work=Hindustan Times | accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Kumari belonged to the former royal family of Bijolia.<ref name=ht/> She contested her first election in 2003 on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Mandalgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency where she faced [[Shiv Charan Mathur]] of the [[Indian National Congress]], a two-term [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]] and six-term member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.<ref name=traceall>{{cite web | url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Mandalgarh-in-Rajasthan | title=Election Results in Mandalgarh, Rajasthan | publisher=elections.traceall.in | accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref> Kumari narrowly lost that election by approximately eight hundred votes. In 2008, Kumari faced [[Pradeep Kumar Singh]], losing by nearly one thousand five hundred votes.<ref name=traceall/> Kumari won a seat on the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] in 2013, by defeating Indian National Congress candidate Vivek Dhakar, carrying her constituency by a margin of over nineteen thousand votes.<ref name=traceall/><br />
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==Death==<br />
In early August 2017, Kumari fell ill and was treated by a local physician. Her condition did not improve and she was transferred to the district hospital where she was diagnosed with the [[Pandemic H1N1/09 virus|H1N1]] strain of [[swine influenza]]. Her condition worsened and she was then shifted to the [[Sawai Man Singh Hospital]] in [[Jaipur]] where the doctors advised that she be moved to a specialty hospital. Kumari subsequently sought treatment at the [[Fortis Healthcare|Fortis Hospital]], where she died on 28 August 2017. Rajasthan chief minister [[Vasundhara Raje]] stated, "Her demise is a huge loss for me and for the BJP family".<ref name=ht/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/aug/28/rajasthans-shocking-swine-flu-epidemic-claims-mlas-life-toll-in-state-rises-to-79-1649273--1.html | title=Rajasthan's shocking swine flu epidemic claims MLA's life | work=New Indian Express | accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-mandalgarh-mla-kirti-kumari-dies-of-swine-flu-rajasthan-4816898/ | title=Rajasthan BJP MLA Kirti Kumari dies of swine flu | work=Indian Express | accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:1967 births]]<br />
[[Category:2017 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Infectious disease deaths in India]]<br />
[[Category:Women in Rajasthan politics]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from influenza]]</div>>BrownHairedGirl