Ms. MAYAWATI
Former Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh
Full Name - Mayawati
Member of parliament (Rajya Sabha)
National President, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), one of the prominent national political parties of India;
Ex-Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (four times), the most-populated, politically most important and intensely conservative state of India.
People affectionately call Bahanji’ (Honourable Sister)
Father’s name
Mr. Prabhu Das, who retired from the Indian Government’s Postal Department as a section head.
Mother’s name
Mrs. Ramrati (housewife), who provided economic sustenance to the family through her untiring efforts, and despite not being literate, took keen interest in education of all her children and made them capable in life.
Date of Birth
15 January, 1956
Place of Birth
Shrimati Sucheta Kriplani Hospital (formerly known as Lady Harding Hospital), New Delhi
In Father’s Family
Six brothers and two sisters (besides herself)
Her own family
First it was ‘Bahujan Samaj’, now it is Sarva Samaj, that is people belonging to all sections of the society.
Dearest to heart
Welfare and empowerment of “oppressed, depressed and exploited” section of the society.
Political Goal
To establish a un-exploitative casteless “Equalitarian Society” in the country.
Ancestral Village
Badalpur, District Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Field of Action
Initially Uttar Pradesh and later the entire India
Things fond of
Normal light Indian cuisine; attracted towards natural environment and extremely fond of cleanliness.
Marital Status
Have taken a vow to remain unmarried in order to dedicate her entire life whole-heartedly and devotedly to serve the cause and interest of the people of Bhaujan Samaj and poor of High Castes and to work towards their social, educational and economic emancipation.
Educational Status
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B),
Occupation
Lawyer, Political and social activist
Permanent Address
C-57, Indrapuri, New Delhi-110012
Present Address
14, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi-110001
Political And Administrative Experience:
November 1989
Both She and the party, the BSP made debut in Parliament. Won Bijnore (reserved) Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh in the Ninth General Election of 1989.
April 1994
Elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, signaling her debut, as also of the party, in the Upper House of Indian Parliament.
June 1995
In 1995, Ms. Mayawati created history by becoming Indian’s first Dalit woman chief minister, heading first Bahujan Samaj Party (Majority People’s Party) government in India’s most-populated state of Uttar Pradesh. Becoming chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is a big job; if U.P. were a country in its own right, its 190 million inhabitants would make it the sixth largest in the world.
Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,
the largest state of India in terms of population 4-times :
(1) 1995 : 3rd June, 1995 to 18th October, 1995
(2) 1997 : 21st March, 1997 to 20th September, 1997
(3) 2002 : 3rd May, 2002 to 26th August, 2003
(4) 2007 : 13th May, 2007 to till date
1996-98
Elected as a legislator. Elected from the two different constituencies of Uttar Pradesh-Harora (reserved) in Saharanpur district and Bilsi (reserved) in Budaun district. Represented the constituency of Harora in the state assembly, resigning from Bilsi seat as per the law.
21st March, 1997
Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.
February 1998
Elected for the second time in the 12th Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh's Akabarpur (reserved) parliamentary constituency in Ambedkar Nagar district.
February 1999
Elected for the third time in the 13th Lok Sabha elections from Akbarpur (reserved) constituency.
14th April, 1999
Senior journalist Mohammad Jamil Akhter’s book, entitled “Iron Lady Kumari Mayawati’, was released by Hon’ble Shri Kanshi Ram Ji at a grand function in New Delhi on the occasion of Dr. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.
3rd June, 2000
Release of her own book, “Bahujan Samaj Aur Uski Rajniti” (Bahujan Samaj and its Politics) by Mr. Kanshi Ram Ji at a function in New Delhi’s Talkatora stadium on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first ‘Bahujan Samaj’ government in Uttar Pradesh.
15th December, 2001
BSP architect and founder, Manyawar Shri Kanshi Ram Ji, declared her as the sole heir and political successor of him and the “Bahujan Movement” at a grand rally in the Lakshman Mela ground on the bank of river Gomti in the Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
February 2002
Re-elected as a legislator in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Was declared a winner from the two constituencies—Harora (reserved) in Saharanpur district and Jahangirganj (reserved) in Ambedkar Nagar District. Represented Harora and resigned from Jahangirganj seat.
March, 2002
Resigned from Akbarpur (reserved) Lok Sabha seat.
3rd May, 2002
Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the third time.
18th September, 2003
Assumed the office of Bahujan Samaj Party’s National President after Mr. Kanshi Ram Ji suddenly fell seriously ill following a brain stroke.
April-May, 2004
Elected for the fourth time in the 14th Lok Sabha elections from Akbarpur (reserved) seat in Uttar Pradesh.
July 2004
After resigning from the Lok Sabha, elected for the second time as a member of the Rajya Sabha for a six-year term from Uttar Pradesh.
27th August, 2006
Re-elected as National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party unanimously in an All India Delegate Conference held at Lucknow.
13th May, 2007
Was administered oath for the office of the Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh fourth time after her party registered a comfortable majority win in the general elections for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, trouncing Samajwadi party, BJP and the Congress.
3rd July, 2007
Joined as member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council after elected unopposed in the by-election for the upper house of the state legislature. Declared that she chose to become MLC as she wish to concentrate on the development of all the 403 assembly constituencies of state assembly rather than my constituency only …..
I am not Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who had diverted all the funds to develop his home area only.
Book writing (for missionary objectives) :
(1) Bahujan Samaj Aur Uski Rajniti (October 2000)
(2) Bahujan Samaj Aur Uski Rajniti, English (October 2001)
(3) “Mere Sangarshmai Jeevan Evam B.S.P. Movement Ka Safarnama”, so far four-volume out, first two part of which was released by BSP founder Manyawar Shri Kanshi Ram Ji on 15th January, 2006 on the occasion of 50th birth anniversary of Ms. Mayawati Ji.
(4) "A Travelogue of My struggle-ridden Life And B.S.P. Movement”, so far four volume of this book in English has been released.
Social & Cultural activities
To serve the country’s natives such as Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and religious minorities besides poor and exploited people belonging to Upper Castes and encourage activities for their overall development.
Foreign Travels
(1) Visited Canada, Denmark, France, Japan, Switzerland, Korea and Taiwan in the capacity of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
(2) London : To inaugurate the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Community Centre as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) National Vice-President.
(3) As a representative of India, addressed the UN General Assembly while participating in an international seminar on the topic, “Democracy through Partnership between Men and Women”, organised by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) on 7th June, 2000 in New York, USA.
Other Information
As a teacher (government employee), remained associated with BAMCEF—The All India Backward (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes) and Minority Communities Employees Federation since 1977.
Entered politics through the Bahujan Samaj Party, launched on 14 April, 1984 on the birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr. Ambedkar. Presently, National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Spotlight :
(1) “NEWSWEEK” Lists Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati Among World’s Top Eight Women/New York, America, October 15, 2007 : US news magazine NEWSWEEK has listed fireBrandBharat Chief Minister Mayawati among eight women leaders worldwide who have reached the top despite all odds. Narrating her struggle briefly, Ms. Mayawati said : “I like the competition and I like to win.”
(2) Queen of the Dalits……emerging even as potential Prime Minister/Profile/“TIME” news Magazine 2 page news story on April 14, 2008 issue.
(3) Mayawati is India’s anti-Obama : Newsweek April 27, 2009 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati features on the cover of Newsweek’s latest edition, with the US weekly drawing parallels between her and US President Barack Obama- in their rise to political heights though belonging to the bottom of the social ladder. However, the weekly with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief’s photo on its cover design, says “There was indeed parallels between Mayawati and Obama…..So Mayawati is both bigger underdog and a potentially bigger threat to the established order than Obama was.”
Bihar became the first state in India to have separate web page for every city and village in the state on its website www.brandbihar.com (Now www.brandbharat.com)
See the record in Limca Book of Records 2012 on Page No. 217