Alka Nath

{{short description|Indian politician (born 1951)}} {{BLP sources|date = January 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alka Nath | image = | image size = | caption = | office = | term_label = In role | term = | 1blankname = | 1namedata = | predecessor = | successor = | birth_name = Alka Paul | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|11|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Amritsar, Punjab, India | constituency1 = Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh | office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | education = B.A | alma_mater = Sacred Heart College, Dalhousie | term_start1 = 16 May 1996 | term_end1 = 19 March 1998 | predecessor1 = Kamal Nath | successor1 = Sundar Lal Patwa | party = Indian National Congress | occupation = Artist, Politician | children = 2 sons (including Nakul Nath) | spouse = {{marriage|Kamal Nath|1973}} | footnotes = | date = 9 December | year = 2012 | source = <ref>{{cite web |title=Biographical Sketch: Nath, Alka |url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3734.htm|publisher=Lok Sabha }}</ref> }}

'''Alka Nath''' (nee '''Paul'''; born 24 November 1951) is an Indian political and social worker and a former member of parliament elected from the Chhindwara constituency in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh as an Indian National Congress candidate.<ref name="Lok Sabha">{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 11th Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3734.htm|accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref>

==Early life== Alka was born on 24 November 1951 in Amritsar. She married Kamal Nath on 27 January 1973 and has two sons Nakul Nath and Bakul Nath.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/>

==Education== Alka completed her Bachelor of Arts from Sacred Heart College, Dalhousie (Himachal Pradesh).<ref name="Lok Sabha"/>

==Career== Alka was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/>

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== External links == * [https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960515-elections-1996-kamal-nath-ties-his-prestige-to-his-wifes-fortunes-833179-1996-05-14 Kamal Nath Fronting for spouse] * [http://m.rediff.com/news/feb/12byelec.htm Defeat in Chhindwara]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nath, Alka}} Category:India MPs 1996–1997 Category:Women in Madhya Pradesh politics Category:Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014 Category:Living people Category:1951 births Category:Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh Category:Politicians from Bhopal Category:People from Chhindwara district Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh Category:20th-century Indian women politicians Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha