Mrs Rajnigandha Devi was the daughter of Raja Naresh Chandra Singh, and former member of

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. Born at Girivilas Palace, Sarangarh on 31 January 1937, she studied in St Joseph's Convent Nagpur and at Lady Amrit Bai College of

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. In 1967, she was elected to the

4th Lok Sabha The 4th Lok Sabha was in session from 4 March 1967 to 27 December 1970. Its members were elected in February and March 1967. 13 sitting members from the Rajya Sabha were elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in the general election.Indira Gandhi was th ...

from Raigarh constituency on a

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ticket. She was a member till the dissolution of the house for a mid-term poll in 1971. She married Late Colonel (Retd.) Virendra Singh and lived in

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, M.P. She has a daughter, Nandita Singh and a son, Chandravir Singh who has a daughter Akshata Veer Singh. She expired on 31 August 2019.

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India MPs 1967–1970 Women members of the Lok Sabha 1937 births People from Raigarh district People from Jabalpur Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh People from Sarangarh {{Chhattisgarh-INC-politician-stub