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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bijoya Chakravarty
| image = File:Bijoya Chakravarty in August 2015.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|10|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Baligaon, [[Jorhat]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]]
| residence = [[Guwahati]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = [[Gauhati University]] (M.A), [[Banaras Hindu University]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 16 May 2009
| term_end = 23 May 2019
| term =
| predecessor = [[Kirip Chaliha]]
| successor = [[Queen Oja]]
| constituency1 = [[Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gauhati]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Jiten Chakravarty|1 June 1965}}
| children = 2 (including [[Suman Haripriya]])
| year =
| website = {{URL|1=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=69 |2=Profile}}
| term_start1 = 13 May 1999
| term_end1 = 13 May 2004
| office2 = [[Union Minister]] of State for [[Water Resources]], [[Government of India]]
| term_start2 = 13 May 1999
| term_end2 = 13 May 2004
| predecessor2 =
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 1986
| term_end3 = 1992
| constituency3 = [[Assam]]
| predecessor1 = Bhubaneshwar Kalita
| successor1 = [[Kirip Chaliha]]
| primeminister3 =
| honorific_prefix = Smt.
| otherparty = [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
| primeminister2 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
}}
'''Bijoya Chakravarty''' (born 7 October 1939), is an Indian politician of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13AS07.htm|title=Chakravarty, Smt. Bijoya|access-date=7 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601043002/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13AS07.htm|archive-date=1 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She served as the Member of the Lok Sabha from Gauhati from 2009 to 2019 and from 1999 to 2004. She was the Union Minister of State for Water Resources from 1999 to 2004. She was also the Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1992 as a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. She was one of the first members of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1692337 |title=Padma Awards 2021 announced |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs | access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/shinzo-abe-tarun-gogoi-ram-vilas-paswan-among-padma-award-winners-complete-list/articleshow/80453596.cms |title=Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://assamtribune.com/padma-bhushan-for-tarun-gogoi/ |title=Padma Bhushan for Tarun Gogoi |publisher=Assam Tribune |date=25 January 2021 |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>

==Background==
Bijoya began her political career in the [[Janata Party]]. She subsequently joined the regional [[Asom Gana Parishad]] and served in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1986 to 1992. Following her stint in the Rajya Sabha, she joined the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]].

She represented the [[Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gauhati]] in the [[13th Lok Sabha]]. She won this seat for the BJP for the first time ever in 1999. Under the premiership of [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], she served as the Union Minister of State for Water Resources. In 2004, the BJP decided to field singer [[Bhupen Hazarika]] in her place, causing widespread protests from BJP party workers. Hazarika lost the elections. The BJP understood its mistake and re-nominated Bijoya in the 2009 Lok Sabha election from the Gauhati seat. As a result, she again won the seat in 2009 and 2014 representing the BJP.

== Personal life ==
Chakravarty was born to B.K. Thakur and Mukhyada Thakur on 7 October 1939 in Baligaon village of [[Jorhat district]] in [[Assam]].<ref name="Profile"/> A post graduate with [[Masters of Arts]] in [[English language]], she received her education from [[Guwahati University]] and [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="Profile"/> She married Jiten Chakravarty on 1 June 1965, with whom she has a son and a daughter.<ref name="Profile"/> Her daughter [[Suman Haripriya]] was elected to the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] election in 2016 from [[Hajo (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hajo Vidhan Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Cabinet Portfolio Names for BJP-led Govt in Assam |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/exclusive-cabinet-portfolio-names-for-bjp-led-govt-in-assam |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=TheQuint |date=21 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fathers & sons, husbands & wives and a mother in place of daughter, all in one Congress poll family |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/kerala-elections-congress-candidates/ |access-date=26 January 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=18 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

Her son, Ranajit Chakravarty, died in May 2017 at the age of 49.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may3117%2Fcity057 |title=Bijoya Chakravarty bereaved |access-date=22 April 2019 |website=[[Assam Tribune]] |archive-date=10 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054917/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may3117%2Fcity057 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Positions held ==
*1977–1979 District Secretary, Janata Party, Mangaldoi (Assam)
*1986–1992 [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha]] of [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
*1999–2004 [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] representing [[Gauhati]] (Assam)
*1999–2004 Union Minister of State for Water Resources
*2007–present National Vice-president, [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=69&lastls=16 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
{{16th LS members from Northeast states |state=expanded}}

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