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Sanghmitra Maurya Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 14, 2026 • 3 min read

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Quick Info

Date of birth3 January 1985

Age37 Years (as of 2022)

BirthplaceAllahabad, Uttar Pradesh

ProfessionPolitician, Doctor

NationalityIndian

Marital statusDivorced

SpouseDr. Naval Kishore Shakya (m.2010–div. 19 January 2021)

FamilyFather: Swami Prasad Maurya; Mother: Shiva Maurya; Brother: Utkrist Maurya

Net worthRs. 4 crore (as of 2019)

Sanghmitra Maurya Biography

Sanghmitra Maurya is an Indian politician and medical doctor who represents Badaun in the 17th Lok Sabha. With a background in medicine and a political家庭,她

Early life and background

Sanghmitra Maurya was born on 3 January 1985 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, and grew up in Lucknow. She comes from a family with an active political background; her father is the politician Swami Prasad Maurya. Sanghmitra completed her medical training at ERA’s Lucknow Medical College, earning an MBBS, and initially worked as a medical practitioner at the district hospital in Pratapgarh.

While practicing medicine she accepted a nominal salary and supported the hospital fund for poor patients before leaving clinical work to pursue a career in politics. Personal details recorded publicly include that she belongs to the Other Backward Class (OBC) community and that she is a mother to one son, Samrajya.

Career

Sanghmitra’s political engagement began at the local level when she contested Zila Panchayat elections from Etah in 2010. She joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 2012 and stood as the party’s candidate in Kasganj that year. In 2014 she contested the Mainpuri constituency as a BSP candidate but did not win.

In 2016 Sanghmitra resigned from the BSP and became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Within the BJP she was active in women’s organization work and helped manage the party’s Parivartan Yatra across five districts. In the 2019 general election she ran on the BJP ticket from the Badaun constituency and defeated Dharmendra Yadav. Her victory secured her a seat in the 17th Lok Sabha.

Parliamentary work following the 2019 election included membership of the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes from July 2019, and appointments to the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj from September 2019. In those roles she identified priorities for her constituency such as improving medical education, strengthening rail and road connectivity, and creating more opportunities for girls’ education.

Public profile

Sanghmitra combines a medical background with an articulated political philosophy focused on representing the poor and most marginalised. She has cited influences from a variety of Indian political figures, and has described the preparation of disadvantaged communities to stand on equal footing as central to her work. Outside of politics and medicine she has contributed writing on social topics to magazines and journals, and has taken part in cultural events such as Swajatiya Sammelan.

She has authored or coauthored books, including Modism Ke Mayane (2017), written with Deepak KS, and has written on themes related to Buddhism in a work titled Buddhism Ki Batten.

Personal life and public details

Sanghmitra married Naval Kishore Shakya, a fellow medical graduate, in 2010. The couple separated legally after she filed for divorce in December 2017; the divorce was granted on 19 January 2021. Public records list her permanent and Delhi addresses as of 2019, and she is noted to have a tattoo on her right forearm dedicated to her parents and son.

Her leisure interests include reading and travel, and she has mentioned being inspired at different times by political leaders such as Kanshi Ram, Sushma Swaraj, and Mayawati.

Controversies and public matters

Public records note complaints and legal suits filed at various times relating to allegations including promotion of enmity between groups and election-related payments; these matters are part of the public record associated with her political career. She was also among a group who publicly adopted Buddhist practices at an event where some participants declared conversion from Hindu beliefs.

Latest updates

As of the 17th Lok Sabha she continued to serve on parliamentary committees related to welfare for Other Backward Classes, health and family welfare, and rural development and panchayati raj. Her stated constituency priorities and committee roles reflect an ongoing focus on health, education and infrastructure for Badaun.

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Recent Work

Member of Parliament, 17th Lok Sabha

Elected from Badaun constituency (2019); member of Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes, Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, and Consultative Committee for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.

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Career Highlights

  1. Contested Zila Panchayat elections from Etah (2010)
  2. Joined Bahujan Samaj Party (2012) and contested Kasganj (2012) and Mainpuri (2014)
  3. Joined Bharatiya Janata Party (2016)
  4. Elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Badaun (2019) and appointed to multiple parliamentary committees
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Net Worth

Rs. 4 crore (as of 2019)

Figures are editorial estimates based on publicly available reporting and may change as new information emerges.

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