Kamla Beniwal
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Her Excellency Kamla Beniwal |
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| Governor of Mizoram | |
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In office 6 July 2014 – 6 August 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Vakkom Purushothaman |
| Succeeded by | Vinod Kumar Duggal |
| Governor of Gujarat | |
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In office 27 November 2009 – 6 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | S.C. Jamir |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Alva |
| Governor of Tripura | |
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In office 15 October 2009 – 26 November 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Dinesh Nandan Sahay |
| Succeeded by | Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 January 1927 Gorir village, Buhana, Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress (retired) |
| Spouse(s) | Ramchandra Beniwal |
| Parents | Netram Singh |
| Alma mater | Maharani College, Jaipur and Banasthali Vidyapeeth |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Agriculture |
| Education |
MA (History), BA (Economics, Political Science & History) |
MA (History), BA (Economics, Political Science &
Kamla Beniwal (born in 1927) is an Indian politician. She was a member of Indian National Congress party. She served as a minister on different posts during different time in Rajasthan. Later she served as governor of different Indian states between 2009 and 2014. She was a governor of Tripura (2009), Gujarat (2009-2014) and Mizoram (2014). Facing charges of corruption, she was relieved of her duty just two months before her tenure was to end as a governor of Mizoram.
She was born in the village Gorir in Jhunjhunu district. She completed her BA in Economics, Political Science & History from Maharani College, Jaipur and MA in History from Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan.
She was the member of Indian National Congress.
At the age of 27, she was the first female minister in Rajasthan. Kamla has been a minister in Congress governments in Rajasthan since 1954, holding various portfolios, including home, education and agriculture. She was the revenue minister in the Ashok Gehlot government.
She was appointed Governor of Tripura in October 2009. She was the first female governor of any state of Northeast India. A month later, she was appointed as the Governor of Gujarat on 27 November 2009 where she served for more than four years. On 6 July 2014, she was transferred to the post of Governor of Mizoram. On 6 August 2014, President Pranab Mukherjee removed her from governorship with barely four months left for her tenure citing ‘misuse’ of office in Gujarat.
Beniwal and many former Congress Ministers and political leaders from Rajasthan were accused that they were allocated expensive land at low prices on the basis of false affidavits and documents in Jaipur Development Authority area.
Beniwal had claimed to be a farm laborer putting in 16 hours of work every day for the past 41,000 days according to the records of Kisan Samuhik Krishi Sahakari Samiti Limited (KSKSSL), a cooperative body in Jaipur, based upon which land was allocated to her. The cooperatives registrar of Jaipur passed strong strictures against KSKSSL and in its inquiry concluded that the samiti's claim that they were farm labourers was false, and that the Samiti had deliberately and intentionally given false statements.
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