Jashumben Savjibhai Korat alias Jashumatiben (born 27 July, 1959) is an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Associated with India * of or related to India ** Indian people ** Indian diaspora ** Languages of India ** Indian English, a dialect of the English language ** Indian cuisine Associated with indigenous peoples o ...

politician and a former Minister for Women and Child Welfare of

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

state. She was a member of the

Gujarat Legislative Assembly The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member ...

from 1999 to 2012. She is associated with the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

Biography

She was born into a farmer's family in an Indian village near

Junagadh Junagadh () is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state. It i ...

. She entered politics and was elected to the

in a by-election after sudden death of her husband, Savjibhai Korat, in 1999, as the

(BJP) candidate. She was a Member of Legislative Assembly from Jetpur constituency. In 2001, she was appointed the State Minister for Women and Child Welfare. In

2002 Gujarat legislative assembly election The 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections were held in December 2002; they necessitated by the resignation of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the dissolution of the legislative assembly in July 2002, 8 months before its term was due to ex ...

, she was reelected from Jetpur constituency. In 2005, she was again appointed the State Minister for Women and Child Welfare. In 2007 election, she was reelected to the 12th legislative assembly from Jetpur constituency. She continued to serve as the Minister until 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Korat, Jashumatiben 1959 births Living people Women members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly People from Junagadh district Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007 Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012 21st-century Indian women politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people