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Mayawati

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Also known as Mayawati Prabhu Das, Iron Lady Mayawati, Kumari Mayawati, Mayawati Kumari, Māyāvatī

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1927
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  • We gave enough representation to Muslims in this Lok Sabha election as well as in previous elections but we did not get adequate support and they couldn’t understand us well. Therefore from now onwards, we will only give them opportunity after thinking properly so that the party…

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Officeholder.name
Mayawati
Officeholder.office
2nd National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party
Officeholder.image
Mayawati in 2016.jpg
Officeholder.caption
Mayawati in 2016
Officeholder.predecessor
Kanshi Ram
Officeholder.predecessor2
President's rule
Officeholder.successor2
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Officeholder.birth_name
Kumari Mayawati Das
Officeholder.birth_place
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Officeholder.party
Bahujan Samaj Party
Officeholder.alma_mater
University of Delhi (LL.B, B.A) Chaudhary Charan Singh University (B.Ed)
Officeholder.term_start
18 September 2003
Officeholder.term_start3
21 April 1997
Officeholder.term_end3
21 September 1997
Officeholder.predecessor3
President's rule
Officeholder.successor3
Kalyan Singh
Officeholder.term_start4
3 June 1995
Officeholder.term_end4
18 October 1995

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1956-01-15
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19 sections
Contents
  • Early life and education
  • Early political career
  • Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
  • First term, 1995
  • Second term, 1997
  • Fourth term, 2007–12
  • Later career
  • Political and legal issues
  • Taj corridor
  • Disproportionate assets case
  • Bahujan monuments
  • World Bank criticism
  • Positions held
  • Personal life and public image
  • Literature about Mayawati
  • Awards and recognition
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Kumari Mayawati (born Kumari Mayawati Das; 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1995 to 1995, 1997 to 1997, 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2012. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social change for Bahujans, more commonly known as Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well as religious minorities since 2003.

Mayawati had also served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 2012 to 2017 from Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati's rise from humble beginnings has been called a "miracle of democracy" by P. V. Narasimha Rao, former prime minister of India. In 1993, Kanshi Ram formed a coalition with the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1995. She was the first female Scheduled Caste chief minister in India. In 1997 and in 2002 she was chief minister with outside support from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the second time only for a year up to 26 August 2003 due to BJP withdrawing support.

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