Savita Sharda ( b 5 Nov 1947, Jammu ) is a politician from the

Indian State India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

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and belongs to

Bharatiya Janata 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 ...

Party. She represents Gujarat State in

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, the Council of States of India parliament during 1999 to 2005. She was Mayor of

Surat Municipal Corporation Surat Municipal Corporation is the local civic body responsible for the administration of Surat, Gujarat which has come into being under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Act, 1949. The Surat Municipal Corporation was established on 2 October 1966 ...

in 1998 and Councillor since 1995. She is married to Virendra Sharda and had 2 daughters. One of her daughter's is named Yogita Sharda.

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