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Mamata Banerjee

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Mamata Banerjee.
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January 5, 1955, Calcutta [now Kolkata], West Bengal, India (age 69)
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Trinamool Congress Party
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Mamata Banerjee (born January 5, 1955, Calcutta [now Kolkata], West Bengal, India) Indian politician, legislator, and bureaucrat who served as the first female chief minister (head of government) of West Bengal state, India (2011– ). Banerjee grew up in a lower-middle-class part of south Calcutta (now Kolkata), and her father died when she was young. Still, she was able to go to college, eventually earning several degrees, including a bachelor’s in law and a master’s in arts from the University of Calcutta. She became involved with politics while still in school, joining the Congress (I) Party in West Bengal and ...(100 of 597 words)

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