Rano M. Shaiza

Rano M. Shaiza (11 November 1928 – 1 April 2015) was an Naga Indian politician and a member of the United Democratic Party. Shaiza was the first woman Member of India's Lower House from the state of Nagaland.

Rano M. Shaiza
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byHokishe Sema
Succeeded byA. Kevichusa
Personal details
Born(1928-11-11)11 November 1928[1]
Phek Town, Nagaland, India
Died1 April 2015(2015-04-01) (aged 86)
Political partyUnited Democratic Party
OccupationPolitician

Early life and education

Shaiza was born to an Angami Naga family in Phek Town, Nagaland. Her father, Sevilie Iralu, was a doctor by profession.[2] Her mother Vitulie-ü Iralu was the elder sister of the founder of the Naga separatist movement Angami Zapu Phizo.[2]

Shaiza studied science at Cotton College, Guwahati, and graduated from Saint Mary's College, Shillong.[2][3]

Political life

Shaiza was a schoolteacher before she joined the Naga separatist movement.[4] She was the first president of the Women's Federation which was part of Naga National Council, and the first women president of the United Democratic Party.[4] In the 1960s, during the early stages of the Naga movement, she was imprisoned for nineteen months.[4]

Shaiza contested her first general election in 1977 and defeated the sitting chief minister Hokishe Sema of the Indian National Congress, making her the first woman Member of India's Lower House from the state of Nagaland.[4][5][6][7]

Shaiza played an important role in taking the Naga peace accord ahead. She brokered the meeting between her uncle Angami Zapu Phizo and the then Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai.[4][7] Shaiza was a staunch advocate of prohibition and founded the Naga Mothers' Association that worked towards tackling alcohol abuse in Nagaland, and was instrumental in passing the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989 on 29 March 1990.[2][8]

Personal life

Shaiza married Lungshim Shaiza, with whom she had two daughters and three sons. Lungshim Shaiza was assassinated by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland on 27 January 1990.[9]

References
  1. Nagendra Kr Singh (2001). Encyclopaedia of women biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Volume 3. A.P.H. Pub. Corp. ISBN 9788176482646.
  2. "Rano Shaiza, Nagaland's only woman MP". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. "A woman before her time: First Naga woman MP laid to rest". morungexpress.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. "Nagaland's first and only woman MP Rano Shaiza dies". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. "Loksabha Election Results in 1977, Nagaland". elections.traceall.in. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. "Women Member Sixth Lok Sabha". Loksabha. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. "In Nagaland, politics still remains elusive to women". thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  8. "Absence of female legislators and parliamentarians in the state with the sole exception of Rano M Shaiza". dhakatribune.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  9. U A Shimray (2007). Lungshim Shaiza was assassinated. Mittal Publications. p. 252. ISBN 978-8183241816.
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