Dimple Yadav

Dimple Yadav
Dimple Yadav at MLC election campaign.
Member of parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2012
Preceded by	Akhilesh yadav
Constituency	Kannauj
Personal details
Born	(1978-01-15) 15 January 1978 (age 39) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s)	Akhilesh Yadav
Relations	Mulayam Singh Yadav (Father-in-law)
Children	Aditi Yadav Tina Yadav Arjun Yadav
Residence	Saifai village, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater	Lucknow University
Profession	Politician

Dimple Yadav (Born 15 January 1978) is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party who is a Member of the Indian Parliament. She is the wife of Samajwaadi party supremo and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. Through her marriage to Akhilesh, she is the daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Dimple Yadav was born in 1978 at Pune, Maharashtra, she was the second of three daughters of retired Indian Army Col R. C. S. Rawat and Champa Rawat Her family is Rajput, originally from Uttarakhand. She was educated in Pune, Bhatinda and Andaman and Nicobar island and Army Public School , Nehru road ,Lucknow. Her parents now live in Kashipur, Uttarakhand. She graduated in commerce from Lucknow University.

Dimple met Akhilesh Yadav when she was a student. Originally Akhilesh's family was opposed to their marriage, but they agreed after Akhilesh's grandmother Murtidevi approved. The pair got married when she was aged 21. Guests at her wedding included movie stars, Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna. The couple have two daughters and a son. As of 2012^[update], Akhilesh was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh until 19 March 2017.

Yadav unsuccessfully contested the by-election for the Lok Sabha constituency of Firozabad in 2009 against actor turned politician Raj Babbar. The by-election was caused by her husband winning a seat in the May 2009 general elections both in this constituency as well as in Kannauj and taking up his seat from there.