Usha Meena (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician and a

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elected from the

Sawai Madhopur Sawai Madhopur is a city and Municipal Council (Nagar Parishad) in the Sawai Madhopur District in Rajasthan state, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Sawai Madhopur District of Rajasthan. Ranthambore National Park which is 7 ...

constituency in the

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n state of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

being an

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candidate.

Early life

She was born on 1 July 1949 in the

Alwar Alwar (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar district, Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. ...

. She is the daughter of Late Captain Chhuttan Lal Meena (Ex-Member of Parliament, Congress). She married Dharam Singh Meena (IAS) and has two sons and a daughter.

Career

Usha completed

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from

University of Rajasthan University of Rajasthan is a public and state university in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and is one of the oldest universities in the state. It was set up on 8 January 1947 as the University of Rajputana and was given its current name in 1956. ...

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...

. She was first elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996. Till 1997, she was * Member, Committee on Industry * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources In 1998, she was re-elected to the 12th Lok Sabha and served as * Member, Committee on Agriculture * Member, Consultative committee, Ministry of Water Resources She has also been a member of Hindi Shiksha Samiti during 1998–99.

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