Jyoti Kalani, (17 February 1951– 18 April 2021) was an Indian politician from

Ulhasnagar Ulhasnagar is a city located 26 km from Thane City in Thane district, Maharashtra, India. This city is a part of Mumbai Metropolitan Region managed by the MMRDA. It had an estimated population of 506,098 at the 2011 Census. Ulhasnagar is a mu ...

(a suburb of

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

, India). She emerged on her own during the years when her husband was out of power or in prison. She became the president (mayor) of the powerful Ulhasnagar Municipal Council. Later, she too faced several charges of intimidation and forgery. Kalani died on 18 April 2021, aged 70, of a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...

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