Shanno Devi (born 1 June 1901) was an Indian politician was the first woman speaker of a State Assembly in India.
Devi was first elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly (then undivided India) in 1940 from Multan defeating the son of Ganga Ram by about 6000 votes.
She was re-elected for the same seat in 1946 by defeating her closest rival candidate by 19000 votes.
[4] In the following election of 1951, she contested on behalf of Indian National Congress and she won against Parkash Chand of the Bhartiya Jan Sangh by about 8000 votes,[5] and was elected again as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in the 1962 assembly election on an Indian National Congress ticket by defeating Inder Sain of the JS by about 5000 votes.
Devi graduated from Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar and started indulging into politics as a student leader, holding posts as district president of the congress party.