Sonali Guha was born on 27 December 1968 and is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal.
10 Facts About Sonali Guha
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Sonali Guha was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Satgachhia for four terms to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and was the first female deputy speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly as a member of the Trinamool Congress.
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Sonali Guha attended the University of Calcutta and graduated in science from Charuchandra College.
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Between 2001 and 2003, on instructions from Mamata Banerjee, Sonali Guha intervened in the defense of squatters that were being evicted from the banks of Tolly's Nullah and Gobindapur railway colony.
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Sonali Guha was first elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 2001 from the Satgachhia on an All India Trinamool Congress ticket.
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Sonali Guha defeated Gokul Bairagi of the Communist Party of India by about 6,000 votes.
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Sonali Guha's victory was significant as the seat had been held for five terms by Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, since 1977, but Basu decided not to contest the 2001 election for health reasons.
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Sonali Guha was elected as the first woman deputy speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
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Sonali Guha was re-elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 2011.
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Sonali Guha is married to Partha Bose and the couple have one daughter.