Paty Ripple Kyndiah (7 May 1928 – 26 March 2015) was an Indian politician and a member of the

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(INC) political party. He was a member of the

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. He represented the

Shillong Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in ...

constituency in

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state. Kyndiah was a member of the

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from 1970 to 1993, and he was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of

four times between 1975 and 1988. From 1979 to 1981, he was the Leader of the Opposition in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly; he was Acting Chief Minister of Meghalaya in 1987, and he was Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1993.Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
. From 10 February 1993 to 28 January 1998 Kyndiah was the

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. He was elected to the

in 1998. He was re-elected to the

in 1999 and the

in 2004. He became Minister of Tribal Affairs and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER)on 23 May 2004.

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1928 births 2015 deaths Meghalaya politicians Indian National Congress politicians India MPs 2004–2009 Members of the Cabinet of India India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 Governors of Mizoram Speakers of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Leaders of the Opposition in Meghalaya Ministers of Tribal Affairs (India) Lok Sabha members from Meghalaya {{Meghalaya-politician-stub