Mamata Banerjee
Indian politician
Quick Facts
- Also known as:
- Didi
- Born:
- January 5, 1955, Calcutta [now Kolkata], West Bengal, India (age 70)
- Title / Office:
- Lok Sabha (1991-2009), India
- Lok Sabha (1984-1989), India
- Founder:
- Trinamool Congress Party
- Political Affiliation:
- Trinamool Congress Party
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News •
West Bengal Chief Minister alleges custodial torture of arrested Indian fisherfolk in Bangladeshi jail
• Jan. 6, 2025, 7:05 AM ET (The Hindu)
Bengal CM to felicitate 95 fishermen released from Bangladeshi jail in Sagar Island on January 6
• Jan. 5, 2025, 6:30 AM ET (The Hindu)
Administrative Review Meeting: Mamata pulls up intel dept over infiltration, orders strict action against encroachment
• Jan. 3, 2025, 1:04 AM ET (The Indian Express)
CM Mamata Banerjee: Identify illegal accounts in co-operative banks in 2 months
• Jan. 2, 2025, 11:07 AM ET (The Indian Express)
‘BSF is letting goons and murderers enter West Bengal’: Mamata Banerjee
• Jan. 2, 2025, 1:15 AM ET (The Indian Express)
Mamata Banerjee (born January 5, 1955, Calcutta [now Kolkata], West Bengal, India) is an Indian politician, legislator, and bureaucrat who served as the first female chief minister of West Bengal state, India (2011– ). She founded the Trinamool Congress political party, which is active at both the state and central levels. Popularly known as Didi (“Elder Sister”), Banerjee is known for her firebrand personality, austere living, and trademark dress of simple cotton sari and slippers. Her brand of politics and governance is synonymous with the slogan “Maa, Maati, Manush” (“Mother, Land, People”). Banerjee grew up in a lower-middle-class part of ...(100 of 1147 words)