Chandrawati Sheoran (3 September 1928 – 15 November 2020) was an Advocate, Indian politician and activist who served as an M.P.
Her mother was Dhaula Bai from village Ghardana Kalan in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.
It is interesting to note that she was married as per traditions in early childhood along with her elder sister but she was not sent to her in-laws due to her tender age.
[2] In 1977, she was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha as MP for the Bhiwani constituency as a Janata Party candidate, defeating Defense Minister Bansi Lal.
[citation needed] She fought her first Assembly election from Badhra constituency, then in Mahendragarh district of the then Pepsu, as a Congress nominee in 1954 and won it.
During her tenure in assemblies, she worked in Estimate Committees initially as its member in Punjab and then its Chair-Person in Haryana.
She was elected to Lok Sabha in 1977 first time defeating Bansi Lal and remained its member till August 1979.
She also actively participated in Nayaya Yatra (March for Justice) launched under the guidance of Ch.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/haryanas-first-woman-mp-chandrawati-dies-170900 Former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Chandrawati, who stormed the Haryana's political scene when she defeated then Defence Minister Bansi Lal on his home turf Bhiwani in the 1977 General Election in the shadow of the Emergency, passed away at the Rohtak's PGIMS in on Sunday (15 November 2020) morning.
Kanwar Pal Joon, a relative and close aide of Chandrawati, recalled that Indira Gandhi used to like her very much and called her Chandro.
“Chandrawati told me once that Indira Gandhi had asked her to join back the Congress and assured her the CM post.