Dulari Devi (

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: दुलारी देवी) (1970–2017) was a Nepali politician and

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. She was elected to the second constituent assembly in 2013, through the proportional representation system. She was a member of CPN UML party. She had come into contact with CPN UML leaders around 1993–94 and had become a registered member since 1995–96. She was considered an asset in the party, as a woman, madhesi and

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leader.

Personal life

She was born on 16 April 1970 in Brahmapuri, Sarlahi. She was married to Sukhari Aghori and had four children-- two sons and two daughters. She was from Brahmapuri-8,

Sarlahi Sarlahi ( ne, सर्लाही ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which ...

, but had been living in

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Death

She died on 23 March 2017 from injuries sustained in a road accident, while still an MP. The motorcycle she was on had been hit by a truck in Sitamarhi,

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, on 16 March. She had been undergoing treatment at B & B Hospital, Lalitpur since 17 March. Her leg had had to be amputated, but she succumbed to her injuries.

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21st-century Nepalese women politicians 21st-century Nepalese politicians 1970 births 2017 deaths Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians 20th-century Nepalese women politicians 20th-century Nepalese politicians Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly {{Nepal-politician-stub