Baby Rani Maurya

Baby Rani Maurya (born 15 August 1956) is an Indian politician, currently serving as a minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh since March 2022. She served as seventh governor of Uttarakhand from 26 August 2018 till 15 September 2021.

Early life Maurya was born on 15 August 1956 in Jatav Caste which is also known as Ravidasia. She has Bachelor of Education and Master of Arts degrees. She began her political career as a worker of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 1995 she contested the Agra mayoral election on a BJP ticket, and won with a large mandate. She was the first woman to be mayor of Agra, and held the post until 2000.

In 1997, Maurya was appointed an office bearer of the scheduled caste (SC) wing of the BJP. Ram Nath Kovind, who late became the President of India, was then the chairman of the SC wing. She served on the commission until 2005. From 2013 to 2015, she was engaged in the state-level responsibilities that were assigned to her by the BJP. She was sworn in on 26 August at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan in Uttarakhand, becoming only the second woman to be the governor of Uttarakhand: Margaret Alva, appointed in 2009, was the first. She resigned in September 2021, two years before completing her term as governor. A few days later, she was appointed National Vice President of BJP, with assembly elections in her home state of UP due in a few months. She was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2022 election from Agra Rural constituency. She was appointed minister in the second Yogi Adityanath government in March 2022.