Английская Википедия:Bonily Khongmen

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Bonily Khongmen (25 June 1912 – 17 March 2007) was an Indian politician in the Indian National Congress Party.[1] She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Autonomous District constituency Assam in 1952. She was a member of the 1st Lok Sabha.She was also the Deputy Speaker in Assam assembly.[2][3][4][5]

Early life and career

Khongmen was educated at Welsh Mission Girls' High School, Shillong, and Diocesan College, Calcutta.[6] Between 1932 and 1946, she worked in education, as headmistress of Golaghat Girls' School (1932–33), Assamese Girls School, Shillong (1935-1940), and Lady Reid School, Shillong (1940-1946).[6]

Political career

In 1946, Khongmen participated in the provincial elections to the Assam legislative assembly, contesting and winning the Shillong reserved seat, which was then part of Assam.[7] She was subsequently elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, the first woman to serve in that position.[8] Khongmen contested the first Lok Sabha election in 1951 from the Autonomous District constituency of Assam.[9] She won the election with 54% of the vote, defeating Wilson Reade of the KJD who was runner-up with 30% of the votes.[9]

Other career

After serving as an MP in the first Lok Sabha, Khongmen served as the first female Chairperson of the Assam Public Service Commission.[10]

Personal life

She played the violin, and took an interest in spinning and weaving clothes, collecting books, gardening, reading, and knitting.[6]

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  1. ↑ Kabon Neli (Khongmen) Timungpi: the first woman from Northeast India to be a Member of Parliament (M.P.)Шаблон:Dead link
  2. ↑ Name of Deputy Speakers of Assam Legislative Assembly since 1937 . http://assamassembly.gov.in/dyspeaker-list.html(2012-08-13) Шаблон:Webarchive. Retrieved on 2012-08-13.
  3. ↑ 1st Lok Sabha Assam (2012-08-13). Retrieved on 2012-08-13. Шаблон:Webarchive
  4. ↑ Woman MP of first Parliament passes away (2007-03-18) . Retrieved on 2012-08-13.
  5. ↑ Khongmen, first woman MP from NE, passes away (2007-03-18) . Retrieved on 2012-08-13.Шаблон:Dead link
  6. ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  9. ↑ 9,0 9,1 Шаблон:Cite book
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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