About Basant Manjari Devi
Lived 1900 – 1961. Basant Manjari Devi was an Indian politician.
Basanta Manjari Devi (1900 – 7 June 1961) was an Indian politician who served as the first woman minister of Odisha. She was the Deputy Minister of Health in the 1946 Harekrushna Mahatab government.
Early life and family Devi was born into the royal family of Nilgiri State. Her father was Shyama Chandra Bhanja Mardaraj Harichandan.
In Independent India she was Deputy Health Minister, Odisha in 1953.
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Who was Basant Manjari Devi?
Politician from Odisha
When was Basant Manjari Devi born?
Basant Manjari Devi was born in 1900.
When did Basant Manjari Devi die?
Basant Manjari Devi died on 7 June 1961.
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Basant Manjari Devi was a politician.
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Basant Manjari Devi was Indian.
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