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Savitri Jindal

#Indian businesswoman #politician

Savitri Devi Jindal (born 20 March 1940) is an Indian businesswoman and politician. She was the chairperson emerita of O.P. Jindal Group. She is also the president of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha. Jindal family net worth is estimated to be $24.5 billion. Jindal was born in Tinsukia, Assam in a Hindu family. She married Om Prakash Jindal in the 1970s, who had founded the Jindal Group, a steel and power conglomerate. Jindal was a Minister in the Haryana Government and a member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) from Hisar constituency. She lost the seat in elections held in 2014 for the Haryana assembly. She became the chairperson after her husband, O.P. Jindal, who died in a helicopter crash in 2005. She is a member of the INC political party.