Gulab Devi Age, Wiki and Bio

Gulab Devi

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician and Teacher
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth01/06/1955
Age69 years
BirthplaceChandausi, Uttar Pradesh

Bio/Wiki

Politics
Political PartyBharatiya Janata Party (1991-present)
Political Journey
  • Served as the councillor of Chandausi (1989-1990)
  • Joined the BJP in 1991
  • Contested and won 1991, 1996, 2002, 2017, and 2022 UP Legislative Assembly from the Chandausi constituency on BJP's ticket
  • Appointed Minister of State of Women's Welfare, Child Development, and Nutrition in 1997
  • Contested and lost the 2007 and 2012 UP Legislative Assembly from the Chandausi constituency on BJP's ticket
  • Appointed Minister of State of Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes in 2017
  • Appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Secondary Education in 2022

Educational Qualification(s)

BMG Inter College
SchoolBMG Inter College, Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh
Agra University
College/UniversityAgra University (now Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University)
QualificationB.Ed (1974)
S. M. College
College/UniversityS. M. College, Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh
QualificationMA (1976)
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University
College/UniversityMahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

Personal Life

Date of Birth01/06/1955
BirthplaceChandausi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Zodiac signGemini
Religion/Religious ViewsHinduism
HometownChandausi, Uttar Pradesh

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date06/11/1988

Family

FatherBabu Ram (deceased; washerman)
MotherSavitri Devi (homemaker)
SpouseRampal Singh (a retired sugar mill worker, politician)
Children
Daughters
  • Sakshi Singh (UP state BJP spokesperson)
  • Sugandha Singh (politician)
  • Chetna Singh (assistant professor at Delhi University)

Some Lesser Known Facts

Gulab Devi is an Indian politician, teacher, and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
She served as the MLA from Chandausi in Uttar Pradesh in 1991, 1996, 2002, 2017, and 2022.
In 2023, a YouTube journalist was arrested for questioning her about unfulfilled promises at an event in Sambhal district.
While studying at S. M. College in Chandausi, she joined ABVP, the student wing of the RSS.
After her formal education, she became a teacher at Bhartiya M Girls Inter College in Chandausi.
Later, she became the principal of the same college.
Gulab Devi joined the RSS and worked as an RSS Pracharak in Uttar Pradesh.
She became a member of the Estimates Committee in 1997.
From 1997 to 2002, she worked in the Women’s Welfare, Child Development, and Nutrition ministry.
From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the Joint Committee on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Denotified Castes.
In 2008, she was appointed BJP UP’s vice president until 2012.
That same year, she became the Minister of State for Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes.
Before the 2022 assembly polls, about 200 BJP workers resigned due to her candidacy approval.
Even after becoming an MLA, her father continued working as a washerman.
She is a dog lover and has a pet Labrador.