Gulab Devi is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly,

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. She represents the ‘

Chandausi Chandausi is a city and a municipal board in Sambhal district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The original name of the city was "Chanda Si", meaning "moon-like" (in Indian poetry the moon is considered to be beautiful). Actually, Chandaus ...

’ constituency in

Sambhal Sambhal is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The city lies approximately 158 kilometres (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 kilometres (220 mi) north-west of state capital Lucknow. History Sambhal ...

district of

. She is the current Minister of State (Independent charge) of Secondary Education in the Uttar Pradesh Government. She was appointed lecturer in political science and later became principal in Bhartiya municipal girls inter college Chandausi district Sambhal.

Political career

Gulab Devi contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election as

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candidate and defeated her close contestant Vimlesh Kumari from

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by a margin of 45,469 votes. She was state vice president of

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from 2008 to 2012. She spent four separate terms as Member of legislative Assembly of Chandausi

. She was the Minister of state (women welfare, child development and pustahar) in Uttar Pradesh government from 2017 to 2022

Posts held

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