# Uma Roy

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Uma Roy
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| constituency  = [Malda](/source/Malda_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)), [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal)
| office        = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament), [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha)
| term          = 1967-1971
| predecessor   = [Renuka Ray](/source/Renuka_Ray)
| successor     = [Dinesh Chandra Joarder](/source/Dinesh_Chandra_Joarder)
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| birth_date    = 1919
| birth_place   = [Rajshahi](/source/Rajshahi), [Bengal Presidency](/source/Bengal_Presidency), [British India](/source/British_India)
| death_date    = 19 December {{death year and age|1999|1919}}<ref name="Obituary">{{cite book|title = Lok Sabha Debates|publisher = [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha)|year = 2000|location = [New Delhi](/source/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](/source/Indian_National_Congress)
| spouse        = Ramhari Roy
| children      = Tilak Roy, Dipak Roy, Prabhati Chakraborty
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| source        = http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1933.htm 
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'''Uma Roy''' (1919 – 19 December 1999) was an Indian politician belonging to the [Indian National Congress](/source/Indian_National_Congress). She was elected to the [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha), lower house of the [Parliament of India](/source/Parliament_of_India) from [Malda](/source/Malda_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)) 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](/source/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>

==References==
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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 ]

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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

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