Mayawati was born on 15 January 1956 in New Delhi. Her father, Prabhu Das, was a post office employee, and the family's roots are in Badalpur village, near Dadri in present-day Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
She earned a B.A. from Kalindi College, University of Delhi (1975), a B.Ed. from VMLG College, Ghaziabad (1976), and an LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (1983). She was working as a schoolteacher in Delhi and preparing for the civil services when Kanshi Ram met her family in 1977 and encouraged her to enter politics.
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