Malini Gaurd

Malini Laxman Singh Gaurd
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Indore-4
In office 2008 – preesent
Preceded by	Laxman Singh Gaurd
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence	Indore
Religion	Hinduism

Malini Laxman Singh Gaur is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. She current mayor of Indore. She became mayor in February 2015 by defeating her nearest rival Archana Jaiswal of Indian National Congress by 2.8 lakh votes. Consequently, she became only the second woman to do so after Dr Umashashi Sharma.^[1] Her husband was Laxman Singh Gaud, the former higher education minister of Madhya Pradesh who died in a car accident near Dewas in February 2008.^{[2] [3]}

Reference

1. Jha, Bagish (4 February 2015). "Malini Gaud becomes second woman mayor of Indore". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
2. "Madhya Pradesh minister dies in road mishap". The Times of India. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
3. Indore mayor announces new departments