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<p>The last few days are bringing in one good news after the other for the Indorians. With winning the cleanest city award etc. another good news awaits them.</p>
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<p>Sumitra Mahajan, the mayor of Indore from 1989 to 2019 has recently won the prestigious Padma Bhuhan. This indeed was a very proud moment for every Indorian. She was the longest serving Woman Member of the Parliament and represented Indore constituency. </p>
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<p>On this joyous occasion, Tai as fondly called, Mahajan says, "I worked with authenticity on being given any responsibility by the party. The people of Indore elected me eight times and the party appointed me to various posts."</p>
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<p>"It is a big achievement for me that my party recognised my contributions today," she added. </p>
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<p>Mahajan was the Speaker of Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She also served for as a Union Minister of State from 1999 to 2004, holding the portfolios for Human Resource Development, Communications and Information Technology and Petroleum and Natural Gas. She also held position of Chairperson of Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (2004-2009) and Standing Committee on Rural Development (2009-2014). She was the eldest and senior most among woman Members of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the second woman after Meira Kumar to be elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.</p>
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