Google News
logo
Daily Current Affairs
Veteran Congress leader, 'Jayanti Patnaik' when did passes away?
A)
25th Sep 2022
B)
26th Sep 2022
C)
27th Sep 2022
D)
28th Sep 2022

Correct Answer :   28th Sep 2022


Four time Congress MP and first chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW), Jayanti Patnaik passed away at a hospital in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday(28th Sep 2022) evening. She was 90.
 
* The wife of former Odisha CM and ex-governor of Assam JB Patnaik, Jayanti was rushed to a private hospital at around 8pm after she developed complications.
 
* She died at the hospital. She is survived by son Prithvi Ballav Patnaik and two daughters.
 
* Jayanti was elected from Cuttack and Berhampur Lok Sabha constituencies in 1981, 1984 and 1998.
 
* She was nominated to Rajya Sabha in 1996.
 
* She was also the first chairperson of NCW and second chairperson of All India Mahila Congress.
 
* Born on April 7, 1932, Patnaik completed her graduation in sociology from Shailabala Women’s Autonomous College in Cuttack.
 
* She did her post-graduation from Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai..

Source : Hindustan Times

Published On : September 30, 2022
Advertisement