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Quick Info

Date of birth1 June 1981

Age36 (as in 2017)

BirthplaceNanpara, Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India

ProfessionPolitician

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

FamilyFather - Aagyaram; Sister - One

Savitribai Phule (Politician) Biography

Savitribai Phule is an Indian politician from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. She has served at local and state levels

Early life and background
Savitribai Phule was born on 1 June 1981 in Nanpara, a town in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. She comes from a family where her father, Aagyaram, worked for the railways. Raised in Nanpara, she later attended Mithelesh Nandini Reshma Aarif College in Nanpara and continued studies at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University in Faizabad, where she completed a Master of Arts in Political Science.

Her early life included significant personal challenges. She has described interruptions in her schooling and periods of manual labor to support herself. At a young age she became involved in social work, adopting the title Sadhvi Savitri Bai Phule and joining Jan Sewa Ashram in Bahraich. She identifies as Hindu and is recorded as belonging to the Scheduled Caste category.

Career
Savitribai Phule’s political career has been rooted in local governance and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Her earliest recorded public office came in 2001 when she was appointed a district panchayat member for Baharaich. She retained that role through re-elections in 2005 and 2010, establishing a base in local politics.

She contested an assembly election from Charda in 2007 but did not win. In 2012 the BJP nominated her as a candidate for the state assembly from the Balha constituency, and she served as the MLA for Balha. Building on that experience, she contested the 2014 general election and won the Bahraich seat, becoming a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha.

Throughout her political journey she has voiced positions on social and economic issues. She has advocated for distributing forest land to landless farmers as a way to address poverty and inflation. She has also been active in protests and public actions; for example, she led a rally in Lucknow on 1 April 2018 focused on protecting the Constitution and reservation policies.

Public profile
Physically, basic biographical details list her height at approximately 154 cm (about 5 feet 1 inch) and weight at roughly 70 kg (154 lbs). Her eye and hair color are recorded as black. Her stated hobbies include reading spiritual books, and among her favourite political figures are Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh.

Her public record includes legal and political controversies. A case under RPA section 125 is noted in relation to promoting enmity between social classes around election issues. In 2015 she filed a complaint alleging casteist remarks and threats by a project manager at a construction company. She has been an outspoken critic of state-level policies she views as divisive; in April 2018 she publicly criticised the Uttar Pradesh government’s approach to quota arrangements.

Personal life
Savitribai Phule is married. Her family details list a sister and a father by name; other immediate family names and details are not recorded. She has given interviews in which she spoke about formative events that shaped her public life, including time spent in jail following social unrest and a serious injury she sustained in the mid-1990s.

Latest updates
In April 2018 she participated in mobilisations defending reservation and constitutional protections. Her recent public interventions have continued to focus on caste, land rights, and protecting social reservations. She remains identified with the BJP and with political work centred on Bahraich and surrounding areas.

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Recent Work

Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha

Won the Lok Sabha election from Bahraich and served as MP in the 16th Lok Sabha

2014
Member of Legislative Assembly (Balha)

Delegated as BJP candidate and served as MLA from Balha

2012
District Panchayat Member, Baharaich

Appointed and re-elected as district panchayat member in 2001, 2005 and 2010

2001-2010
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Career Highlights

  1. Appointed district panchayat member of Baharaich in 2001 and re-elected in 2005 and 2010
  2. Elected as MLA from Balha in 2012 as a BJP candidate
  3. Won the Bahraich Lok Sabha seat in 2014 and served in the 16th Lok Sabha
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