“We will give good governance. There will be an end to autocracy and atrocities. This is the victory of people against years of oppression,”
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Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the eighth chief minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2026. She was the first and only woman to hold that office. Being the founder and president of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), she previously served as a Union Cabinet Minister.
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culture · Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2026 · politician · painter · poet · also Mamata Banerjee, Mamata Bandyopadhyay, Banerjee
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2026· 20 entries
Moneycontrol: Mamata Banerjee dials CJP volunteer after his father's death in alleged attack in Bengal
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Public attention spiked: 4,159 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 1,323, with 4 article edits. Editors noted: Undid revision 1358184707 by STMC2421 (talk)
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Public attention spiked: 9,781 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.4× the usual 1,323, with 12 article edits. Editors noted: Added 1 {{Bare URL inline}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see :Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from June
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PTI rated the claim “A purported Amul creative was shared online, claiming that the dairy brand had mocked the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) through its creative following the party's defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections.” False.
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Public attention spiked: 9,669 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.3× the usual 1,323, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Restoring revision 1357522880 by EarthDude: Per WP:ONUS, if the inclusion of content has been disputed, such inclusion requires community consensus (RW 16.1)
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The Quint rated the claim “Mamata Banerjee targeted Hinduism by saying, “I don’t believe in this ganda dharam.”” False.
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Public attention spiked: 9,076 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.9× the usual 1,323, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: Hanskhali Gangrape and murder Added archive urls and archive dates
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Mamata Banerjee insulting Hinduism calling it a dirty religion” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows ex-chief minister Mamata Banerjee's house on fire.” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “The video shows West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari targeting former CM Mamata Banerjee and saying that his party will work only for Hindus.” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “After Bengal Elections, BJP workers set fire to Mamata Banerjee's Residence and TMC office.” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “Mamata Banerjee fainted after losing the election.” False.
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News Mobile rated the claim “The video shows Mamata Banerjee’s condition after TMC’s defeat in the 2026 West Bengal elections.” False.
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PTI rated the claim “Video shows BJP workers, allegedly supported by the CRPF, setting fire to the residence of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, as well as a party office.” Misleading.
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Alt News rated the claim “video showing public celebrations in West Bengal, allegedly after the fall of Mamata Banerjee’s government.” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “This video shows West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's house on fire.” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “The video shows BJP workers, allegedly supported by the CRPF, setting fire to the residence of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, as well as a party office.” MISLEADING.
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2022· 1 entry
Was given Paschimbanga Akademy Award for 'Kabita Bitan' which consists of 946 poems
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2021).
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Mamata Banerjee was invited to attend World Meeting for Peace in Rome
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2018· 1 entry
Was conferred the Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award
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2017· 1 entry
Kanyashree Prakalpa, a scheme launched by her government, was ranked the best by the United Nations among 552 social sector schemes from across 62 countries
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2016· 1 entry
The Supreme Court declared that the acquisition of 997 acres of land by West Bengal's Left Front government for the Tata Motors plant in Singur was illegal
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2012· 1 entry
Time magazine named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World
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2011· 6 entries
Awarded CNN-News18 Indian of the Year (2011).
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The All India Trinamool Congress along with SUCI and the INC won the West Bengal legislative assembly election against the incumbent Left Alliance by securing 227 seats
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Career landmark: Member of the 15th West Bengal Legislative Assembly (2011).
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Career landmark: Chief Minister of West Bengal (2011–2026).
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Banerjee pulled off a landslide victory for the AITC alliance in West Bengal, defeating the 34-year-old Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government
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Banerjee won a sweeping majority and assumed the position of chief minister of the state of West Bengal
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2009· 3 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Railways (2009–2011).
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Mamata Banerjee became the railway minister for the second time
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Career landmark: Member of the 15th Lok Sabha (2009–2011).
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2007· 1 entry
A battalion of armed police stormed the rural area of Nandigram in the district of Purba Medinipur with the aim of quashing protests against the West Bengal government's plans to expropriate 10,000 acres (40 km2) of land
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2006· 1 entry
The Trinamool Congress was defeated in West Bengal's Assembly Elections, losing more than half of its sitting members
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2005· 1 entry
When her party lost control of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the sitting mayor Subrata Mukherjee defected from her party
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2004· 3 entries
Election lost: 2004–2006 election setbacks.
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Career landmark: Member of the 14th Lok Sabha (2004–2009).
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Campaign: 2004–2006 election setbacks.
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2001· 1 entry
Campaign: 2001 West Bengal election.
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2000· 2 entries
Banerjee presented her first Railway Budget
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And Ajit Kumar Panja resigned to protest the hike in petroleum prices, and then withdrew their resignations without providing any reasons
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1999· 3 entries
Joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and became Railways Minister
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Career landmark: Minister of Railways (1999–2001).
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Career landmark: Member of the 13th Lok Sabha (1999–2004).
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1998· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the 12th Lok Sabha (1998–1999).
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After separating from the Indian National Congress (I), and became its second president later in 2001
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1997· 1 entry
Due to difference in political views with the then West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Somendra Nath Mitra, Banerjee left the Congress (I) Party in West Bengal and became one of the founding members of the A
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1996· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the 11th Lok Sabha (1996–1997).
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the 10th Lok Sabha (1991–1996).
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1984· 3 entries
Mamata Banerjee prefixed her name with ‘Dr’, claiming that she had completed her doctorate
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Career landmark: Member of the 8th Lok Sabha (1984–1989).
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Was considered their best show in opposition
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1975· 1 entry
Gained attention in the press media when she danced on the car of socialist activist and politician Jayaprakash Narayan as a protest against him, during the Emergency
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1970· 1 entry
Banerjee completed the higher secondary board examination from Deshbandhu Sishu Sikshalay
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-01-05.
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