Parsanni Devi Dhillon
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Smt Parsanni Devi (10 August 10 1931 - 2014) daughter of Ch Daya Chand Arya, Jat of Seenk village of Israna Tehsil of Panipat district of Haryana. She married Prof. Dharam Singh Dhillon (a Hindu Jat) of village Dauhla also called Hadola in Jind Haryana. She was 6 time MLA from Punjab and Haryana 1962, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1982 and 2005, 2 times Minister in Haryana 1972 and 1982.
Elections
- 1957 - Rajound Vidhan Sabha (Kaithal) Punjab Assembly - INC - Lost
- 1962 - Rajound Vidhan Sabha (Kaithal) Punjab Assembly - INC - won
- 1967 - Indri Vidhan Sabha (Karnal) - INC - won
- 1968 - Indri Vidhan Sabha (Karnal) - INC - won
- 1972 - Indri Vidhan Sabha (Karnal) - INC - won
- 1977 - Rajound Vidhan Sabha (Kaithal) - INC - Lost
- 1982 - Naultha Vidhan Sabha (Panipat) - INC - won
- 1987 - Naultha Vidhan Sabha (Panipat) - INC - Lost
- 1991 - Indri Vidhan Sabha (Karnal) - INC - Lost
- 2000 - Naultha Vidhan Sabha (Panipat) - INC - Lost
- 2005 - Naultha Vidhan Sabha (Panipat) - INC - won
- 2009 - Panipat Rural Vidhan Sabha (Panipat) - INC - Lost
other posts
- Convener, Women section, District Congress Committee, Karnal (1957- 66);
- Vice- President, District Congress, Karnal (1959-61),
- General Secretary District Congress Karnal (1961-72);
- First Convener, Women Section, H.P.C.C. (1966-72);
- Continuously since 1966 Member. H.P.C.C. Executive MemberA.1.C.C.;
- Chairperson, Haryana Social Welfare Advisary Board;
- President, Haryana Women Congress (1966- 2000).
- General Secretary, All India Women Congress (2000-2002),
- Vice- President H.P.C.C.(2002-).
External Links
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/ex-minister-prasanni-devi-passes-away/story-U325pMa4cwdywNSIw5CjcJ.html
- https://www.jagran.com/haryana/jind-let-chr39-s-go-to-the-village-plenty-of-problems-in-dahaula-the-village-of-former-minister-prasani-devi-lack-of-drinking-water-22886365.html
- https://www.bhaskar.com/state/haryana/news/haryana-news-prasani-devi-first-started-contesting-elections-from-rajaund-in-1957-075128-5716870.html
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