Baby Rani Maurya

Some Lesser Known Facts About Baby Rani Maurya

• Baby Rani Maurya is an Indian politician and the seventh governor of Uttarakhand. She is well-known for being the first woman mayor of Agra from 1995 to 2000 and the second woman to become the governor of Uttarakhand.

• Baby Rani’s father, Ram Singh, was loyal to Congress and worked as a party councilor in the Agra Municipal Corporation. With no political family background, Baby Rani Maurya started her political journey in the early 1990s by joining Bharatiya Janata Party as a worker for the party.

• She decided to join BJP after her marriage with Pradeep Maurya, who was the manager of Punjab National Bank (PNB). His family had links with Bharatiya Janata Party.

• In 1995, BJP was looking for a family-oriented woman for the seat of mayor in Agra, and Baby Rani Maurya was the perfect fit for this position. After contesting the election, as expected, she won the election, and she was appointed as the mayor of Agra.

  

• In 1997, Maurya became the office-bearer of the scheduled caste (SC) wing of BJP. She was given the role to strengthen the BJPs reach among members of scheduled caste communities in Uttar Pradesh. During this time, Ram Nath Kovind was the chairman of the wing.

• Baby Rani Maurya has played an important role in the field of social welfare, especially the welfare of women and their empowerment. For this, she was appointed as a member of the Uttar Pradesh social welfare board, and in 2002, she became a member of the National Commission of Women, where she worked till 2005.

• In 2007, Baby Rani got the BJP ticket for Agra’s Etmadpur seat for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election. However, she lost the election to the BSP candidate Narayan Singh Suman. From 2013 to 2015, she took up state-level responsibilities that were assigned to her by the party leaders.

• In 2018, she was appointed as a member of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Uttar Pradesh because of her constant efforts in the field of welfare of children and promoting the importance of education for children.

• Due to her consistent hard work and dedication towards the party, Baby Rani Maurya was appointed as the seventh governor of Uttarakhand by the Indian Government. On 26 August 2021, she was sworn in as the governor at the ceremony that took place at the Raj Bhavan in Uttarakhand. She succeeded Krishan Kant Paul, who was supposed to leave the office on 8 July 2021 but had to work till 25 August 2021 as the decision of appointing his replacement got slightly delayed.

• When the decision of Maurya’s appointment as the governor was finalized, she was in the United States of America for an official visit.

• During an interview, Naveen Jain, a BJP member and mayor of Agra, talked about Baby Rani Maurya and how she would hold senior-level officials accountable for any civic issues concerning people. Further, he talked about an incident including the municipal commissioner and Maurya, Jain said-
  

  Maurya was highly disciplined party worked and maintained strictness during her tenure as the mayor. She used to take public complaints seriously and would always make officials accountable for them. Once she landed in confrontation with the municipal commissioner, who was not ready to act as per mandate of the house. On this, she got down from her chair and sat on the floor of the house in protest. The matter reached the state government, after which the then district magistrate Durgashankar Mishra had to rush to pacify her.”

• Baby Rani Maurya met the home minister of India Amit Shah in New Delhi on 5 September 2021, and since then, talks have been going around that Maurya would be offered a senior position in the Uttar Pradesh government.

• Baby Rani Maurya is a religious person, and her family also actively participates in religious practices. Rani Maurya is often spotted visiting religious places across India.

  

• In September 2021, Baby Rani Maurya received ‘The Great Indian Woman Award 2021’ for her excellent contribution towards the cause of women empowerment and safety rights for children.

  

• Baby Rani Maurya practises yoga in the morning to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep herself mentally and physically active.

  

• During the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Baby Rani Maurya conducted several donation drives through which she sent food and other essentials to the people and families who were in need. She also donated several medical kits and equipment to the hospitals and police officials.