Mukta Tilak (17 August 1965 – 22 December 2022) was an Indian politician. She was elected to the
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 memb ...
from
Kasba Peth in the
2019 state elections as a member of
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
.
Tilak was elected
Mayor of Pune
The Mayor of Pune is the first citizen of the India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democ ...
for the period 2017 to 2019. Tilak was the first member of the
BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
to hold the Mayor's position. She died due to cancer in Pune on 22nd December 2022.
Personal life and death
Mukta Tilak was the daughter-in-law (niece-in-law) of
Jayantrao Tilak
Jayant Shridhar Tilak (12 October 1921 – 23 April 2001), generally referred to as Jayant-rao Tilak, was a politician from Indian National Congress and was a member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the up ...
, who was
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: ''Lokmānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence a ...
's grandson. Her husband Shailesh Tilak is also associated with BJP.
Tilak died of cancer on 22 December 2022, at the age of 57. Her death was condoled by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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References
1965 births
2022 deaths
Deaths from cancer in India
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra
People from Pune
Maharashtra MLAs 2019–2024
Mayors of Pune
21st-century Indian women politicians
Women members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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