14 Facts About Sushila Kerketta

Sushila Kerketta was a member of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha from 1985 to 2000 and in Lok sabha from Khunti.

Sushila Kerketta held several important portfolios in the Bihar government.

Sushila Kerketta was minister of state for irrigation from 1985 to 1988.

Sushila Kerketta was promoted to cabinet rank in 1989 and headed mines and geology and the food and civil supplies departments.

Sushila Kerketta represented the Khunti constituency of Jharkhand and was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Sushila Kerketta was a lecturer in the Birsa College, Khunti and later went on to become its principal.

Sushila Kerketta was born on 27 April 1939 in Ranchi, Bihar to Prabhudayal Marki and Maini Marki.

Sushila Kerketta did a bachelor in education and a masters in philosophy from St Xavier's College, Ranchi.

Sushila Kerketta was a social worker and teacher who regularly visited local villages and promoted such enterprises as local hand looms.

Sushila Kerketta led the Jharkhand Women Hockey Association, Mahila Hockey Association, Chotanagpur, and the Bihar Women Hockey Association.

Sushila Kerketta married Nottrott Kerketta on 28 December 1970 and later had three sons and two daughters.

Sushila Kerketta died in Ranchi on 19 December 2009 following a heart attack.

Sushila Kerketta was 70 and is survived by three sons and a daughter.

Sushila Kerketta suffered a heart attack at noon and was rushed to the nearby Raj Hospital by her family, where efforts to save her failed.