Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician and the founder of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC or TMC). She is the eighth chief minister of West Bengal and the first woman to hold the chief ministership in the state. Banerjee has served as a federal cabinet minister for many times and became the chief minister of West Bengal for the first time in 2011.
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Mamata Banerjee was born on January 5, 1955 in Kolkata (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India, to a Bengali Brahmin family (age as of 2023: 69 years old).
Mamata Banerjee childhood photos
When she was 17, her father Promirswar Banerjee died due to lack of treatment. She completed her high school education from Deshbandhu Sishu Sikshalay, Kolkata. She received her bachelor’s degree from Jogamaya Devi College. She was very interested in law and obtained her degree from Jogesh Chandra Choudhury Law School, University of Calcutta in 1982. She later earned a master’s degree in Islamic history from the University of Calcutta. She received her PhD (D.A.) from Institute of Technology, Kalinga, Odisha.
Mamata Banerjee early photos
While studying at Jogamaya Devi College, she entered politics and founded the Chhatra Parishad Unions, the student wing of the Indian National Congress.
family
Banerjee was born to Promirswar Banerjee and Gayatri Devi. Her mother died in 2011 at the age of 81.
Mamata Banerjee and her mother
She has six brothers: Amit Banerjee, Ajit Banerjee, Kali Banerjee, Babun Banerjee, Ganesh Banerjee and Samir Banerjee . She has no sister.
Ajit Banerjee and Babun Banerjee
Amit Banerjee’s son Abhishek Banerjee is her nephew. Abhishek is also a TMC politician and was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Diamond Harbor constituency
Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee
She never married.
Profession
Banerjee began her political career at a very young age as a Congress politician. From 1976 to 1980, she served as the general secretary of Mahila Congress (I) in West Bengal. In the 1984 Lok Sabha elections, she defeated veteran leader Somnath Chatterjee from Jadavpur Assembly constituency in West Bengal, becoming the youngest member ever to be elected.
Mamata Banerjee supports Rajiv Gandhi
In the 1980s, she also became the general secretary of the Indian Youth Congress. In the 1989 Lok Sabha elections, she lost the constituency. However, in the 1991 Assembly elections, she won from Kolkata South constituency and retained her position till 2009. In 1991, she became the federal minister of state for human resource development, youth affairs and sports, and women and child development in the government. PV Narasimha Rao. At the time, she was the first female cabinet minister responsible for human resource development, youth affairs and sports, and women and child development. While serving as sports minister, she protested against the government’s indifference to her suggestions to improve the country’s sports.
In 1997, she left the Indian National Congress and founded her own political party, the All India Trinamool Congress. In 1999, she joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and was appointed Railway Minister in the Vajpayee government. In 2002, she represented her first rail budget; focusing more on and benefiting her country.
Before the 2009 general election, she joined the United Progressive Alliance and won her seat in the election. Banerjee is serving as Railway Minister for the second time. In the 2010 municipal elections in West Bengal, her party TMC won the Kolkata Municipal Corporation with 62 seats. In the 2011 West Bengal elections, her party ended the 34-year rule of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the state. Mamata Banerjee becomes the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first female Chief Minister of the state. In September 2012, she withdrew her support for the Indian National Congress.
Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal chief minister
In 2016, her party won a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections, and she became chief minister for the second time. In the 2021 West Bengal elections, she lost the Nandigram seat to Shuvendu Adhikari of the BJP by a margin of 1,763 votes. On May 5, 2021, she was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive time.
Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal chief minister for third consecutive time
On February 2, 2022, she was re-elected as president of the Trinamool Congress party unopposed.
dispute
- In December 1998, when Samajwadi Party MP Dogra Prasad Saroj was protesting against the Women’s Reservation Bill, Banerjee grabbed him by his collar and pulled him away from the people’s Drag it out from the well in the courtyard.
- On August 4, 2006, she submitted her resignation to Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal as she did not have time to address the meeting on the issue of infiltration in Bangladesh.
- She was roundly condemned for her remarks about rape. In October 2012, she said: “In the past, if men and women held hands, their parents would catch them and scold them, but now everything is so open. It’s like an open market, with open choices.”
- In 2016, her state government ordered a ban on Durga Puja after about 25 Muslim families objected to the practice. The state government said Durga Puja may hurt the sentiments of Muslims as their festival is Muharram. However, the Calcutta High Court overturned the decision and labeled it as “appeasing minorities”.
- The rainbow is called “Ramdhonu” in Bengali which means the bow of Lord Ram. But in January 2017, the word “Ramdhonu” was replaced by “Rongdhonu”, which means “Bow of Colors”. It has caused controversy among the country’s hard-liners, with some seeing it as an attempt to appease a minority.
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- During her tenure as chief minister, MLAs from her party were caught in various scams. She was criticized for it.
net worth
Her net worth is approx. $30 lux.
fact
- She is often called “Didi” by their supporters and party workers.
- Banerjee was an amateur poet and painter. Her 300 paintings feature $9 Crores.
Mamata Banerjee is an avid painter
- One of her paintings titled “Flower Power” was auctioned at a grand event in New York City in October 2012 with a reserve price of $2,500. After five bids, it was finally sold for $3,000.
- In February 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wrote to the West Bengal government praising Mamata and her government for not reporting any polio cases in the state throughout the year.
“This is a milestone not just for India but for the world.”
- Despite Narendra Modi’s influence in the country, Mamata Banerjee retained her post as chief minister of state in 2016 as her party performed well, winning 293 seats 211 seats.
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- She lives a very simple life. She always wears a traditional white saree and always wears a “Hawai chappal” (pyjama). It is said that she always does laundry.
- On March 14, 2024, Mamta slipped and hit her head on furniture in her home. She was soon rushed to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.
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