About Maya Ray
Lived 1926 – 2013 (aged 86). Maya Ray was an Indian politician and lawyer.
Maya Ray (9 February 1927 – 11 March 2013) was an Indian politician and lawyer from West Bengal. She was elected in a by-election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Raiganj, West Bengal, in 1972.
Career The by-election was necessitated after her husband Siddhartha Shankar Ray resigned the seat after he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 1972.
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 kidney failure on 11 March 2013, two and a quarter years after her husband died.
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Who was Maya Ray?
politician from India (1926-2013)
When was Maya Ray born?
Maya Ray was born on 23 October 1926 in Dibrugarh.
When did Maya Ray die?
Maya Ray died on 11 March 2013 in India, Kolkata, West Bengal.
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Maya Ray was a politician and lawyer.
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Maya Ray was Indian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Maya Ray. https://biography.guide/maya-ray/
MLA: "Maya Ray." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/maya-ray/.
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