Maya Ray

Maya Ray
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1972–1977
Preceded by Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Succeeded by Md. Hayat Ali
Constituency Raiganj, (West Bengal)
Personal details
Born 23 October, 1926
Died 11 March, 2013
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Residence Kolkata

Maya Ray was a lawyer and an Indian Politician from West Bengal. She was elected in a Bye election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Raiganj, West Bengal, in 1972.

Career

The Bye election was necessitated after her husband Siddhartha Shankar Ray resigned the seat after he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 1972.[1][2][3][4][5]

As a lawyer she was once referred to as "a noted barrister and former elected official" by the late Thomas J. Manton, a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Death

She died of renal failure on 11 March 2013, two and a quarter years after her husband died.[6]

References

  1. ↑ India. Parliament. House of the People; India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (1976). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 38. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Jasodhara Bagchi (7 January 2005). The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead. SAGE Publications. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-81-321-0178-9. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Indian Recorder and Digest. 1972. p. 31. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Asian Recorder. 18. 1972. p. viii. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Raiganj Lok Sabha Elections". Elections.in. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Nation Briefs, The Telegraph (Calcutta), 12 March 2013
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