Rama Pilot (born 12 February 1948) is an

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(INC) politician from the state of Rajasthan. She represented

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in the

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. She has also represented Hindoli in the

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Early life

Rama was born on 12 February 1948 in Shakalpura,

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to Choudhry Nain Singh and his wife Harchandi Devi. She did her MA from

Shyam Lal College , motto_lang = Sa , mottoeng = From darkness lead me to light , type = Government College , established = , founder = Shyam Lal Gupta , parent = ...

, New Delhi where she served as General Secretary of the student's union, and LLB from

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Career

Rama Pilot won the 1998 Rajasthan Assembly election from Hindoli by a margin of 15,530 against Pokhar Lal Saini of the

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(BJP). Her husband Rajesh Pilot was a member of Lok Sabha. After his death in a car crash in 2000, a by-election was necessitated and the INC fielded Rama as a candidate. Out of the total 6,69,984 valid votes cast, Pilot received 3,49,439 (52.16%). BJP's candidate R. K. Sharma came second with 2,84,175 (42.41%). As an MP, she served on the Committee on Agriculture and Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development. She contested against

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for

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but lost. During the 2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election she polled 45,385 votes (36.92%) against Raje's 72,760 (59.20%). After the completion of her term, INC fielded her son

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for the

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Personal life

Rama married

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on 12 March 1974 with whom she had one son and one daughter. Rajesh had a car crash on 11 June 2000 at Bhandana. He was rushed to the nearby Sawai Man Singh Hospital where he succumbed to injuries. She wrote a

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biography of her husband titled ''Rajesh Pilot: A Biography''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pilot, Rama 1948 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Rajasthan Women members of the Lok Sabha India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan People from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh People from Dausa district Indian Hindus Rajasthani politicians 21st-century Indian women politicians