Mukta Tilak (17 August 1965 – 22 December 2022) was an Indian politician. She was elected to the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituenci ...

from Kasba Peth in the 2019 state elections as a member of

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 ...

. Tilak was elected

Mayor of Pune The Mayor of Pune is the first citizen of the Indian city of Pune. The mayor is the chief of the Pune Municipal Corporation. The mayor’s role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal commissioner (India), Municipa ...

for the period 2017 to 2019. Tilak was the first member of the BJP to hold the Mayor's position. She died due to cancer in Pune on 22 December 2022.

Personal life and death

Mukta Tilak was the daughter-in-law (niece-in-law) of Jayantrao Tilak, who was

Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: ''Lokamānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence ...

's grandson. Her husband Shailesh Tilak is also associated with BJP. Tilak died of cancer on 22 December 2022, at the age of 57. Her death was condoled by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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