Meira Kumar worked as the Speaker of the Lower house of India's bicameral Parliament beginning in 2009 until 2014.
 Meira Kumar's vote share is the third highest for a losing candidate, that of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy in the 1969 Presidential elections and K
== Early life ==Meira Kumar was born on 31 March 1945, in Bhojpur district, Bihar of the British India (present day Bihar, India) to  Jagjivan Ram, an Oppressed leader and former Deputy Prime Minister and Indrani Devi, a prominent leader of the Indian freedom struggle

