Maya Ray

Maya Ray (9 February 1927 – 11 March 2013) was a lawyer and an Indian politician from West Bengal. She was elected in a by-election to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Raiganj, West Bengal, in 1972.

Maya Ray
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1972–1977
Preceded by	Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Succeeded by	Md. Hayat Ali
Constituency	Raiganj, (West Bengal)
Personal details
Born	(1927-02-09)9 February 1927 Dibrugarh, Assam, British India[1]
Died	11 March 2013(2013-03-11) (aged 86) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Residence	Kolkata

Career

The by-election was necessitated after her husband Siddhartha Shankar Ray resigned the seat after he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 1972.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

As a lawyer she was once referred to as "a noted barrister and former elected official" by the late Thomas J. Manton, a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Death

She died of kidney failure on 11 March 2013, two and a quarter years after her husband died.^[7]