Paty Ripple Kyndiah
Paty Ripple Kyndiah | |
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Governor of Mizoram | |
| In office 10 February 1993 โ 28 January 1998 | |
| Chief Minister | Lal Thanhawla |
| Preceded by | Swaraj Kaushal |
| Succeeded by | Arun Prasad Mukherjee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1928 British India (now Meghalaya, India) |
| Died | 26 March 2015 (aged 86)[1] Shillong, Meghalaya, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Gavvy Khyriem |
| Children | 5 |
Paty Ripple Kyndiah (7 May 1928 โ 26 March 2015) was an Indian politician and a member of the
Shillong constituency of Meghalaya. He served as the Minister of Tribal Affairs between 2004 and 2009 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
.
Early and personal life
Paty Ripple Kyndiah was born on 7 May 1928 in
British India (now Meghalaya, India). He completed his graduation from Gauhati University in Guwahati, Assam
. He married his wife Gavvy Khyriem in 1948 and was father to five children.
He passed away on 26 March 2015 at the age of 86 in Shillong.
Political career
Kyndiah was a member of the
Chief Minister of Meghalaya
in 1987.
In 1989, he was elected as the Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and remained in office until February 1993 when he was appointed as the
Committee on Petitions, Committee on Urban and Rural Development, the Committee on Estimates, the Committee on Defence, and the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Information Technology.[2]
Upon his re-election to the Lok Sabha in 2004 and following the victory of the
Minister of Tribal Affairs and the Minister of Development of North Eastern Region on 22 May 2004. He held the position of the Minister of Tribal Affairs till the expiration of the term of the 14th Lok Sabha in 2009 while relinquished the charge of the Minister of Development of North Eastern Region to Mani Shankar Aiyar
in October 2006.
References
- ^ "Congress leader Paty Ripple Kyndiah passes away at 87". The India Times. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website Archived 17 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
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