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

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. 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

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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. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1885876

References

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