Uma Roy

{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Uma Roy | image = | caption = | constituency = Malda, West Bengal | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term = 1967-1971 | predecessor = Renuka Ray | successor = Dinesh Chandra Joarder | constituency1 = | office1 = | term1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | birth_date = 1919 | birth_place = Rajshahi, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date = 19 December {{death year and age|1999|1919}}<ref name="Obituary">{{cite book|title = Lok Sabha Debates|publisher = Lok Sabha|year = 2000|location = New Delhi|page = xxvi|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bRtVAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Uma+Roy%22+1999}}</ref> | death_place = Malda | party = Indian National Congress | spouse = Ramhari Roy | children = Tilak Roy, Dipak Roy, Prabhati Chakraborty | website = | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1933.htm }} '''Uma Roy''' (1919 – 19 December 1999) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Malda in 1967. She was the founder of a higher secondary school at Malda. She established a welfare organisation and provided self-employment to the poor and needy women, as a cooperative organisation in Malda.<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title = General Elections, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|accessdate = 26 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bagchi2005">{{cite book|author=Jasodhara Bagchi|title=The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIuHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181|date=7 January 2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0178-9|pages=181–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=goLiAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 April 2018|year=1970|page=358}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1933.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website ]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Uma}} Category:1919 births Category:1999 deaths Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal Category:People from Malda district Category:India MPs 1967–1970 Category:Women in West Bengal politics Category:20th-century Indian women politicians Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha Category:People from Rajshahi District