Jamuna Devi

Jamuna Devi (19 November 1929 – 24 September 2010) was a leader of Indian National Congress party from Madhya Pradesh.

She was a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly and served as the leader of Opposition and deputy chief minister of the state.

She was junior minister in Governments Arjun Singh, Motilal Vora and Shyama Charan Shukla but was inducted into cabinet under Digvijaya Singh and was later promoted to Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 1998, thus becoming first woman deputy chief minister.

When Indian National Congress lost power in 2003, she was named as leader of Opposition and remained in the post until 2010.

[3][4] Devi died on September 24, 2010, in Indore after suffering a long battle against cancer.