Dimple Yadav (born 15 January 1978) is an Indian politician. A member of the Samajwadi Party, Yadav was, for two terms, the Member of the Indian Parliament representing Kannauj. Her husband is the Samajwadi Party president and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. She is the daughter in law of Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Defence Minister of India & founder-patron of Samajwadi Party.
Dimple Yadav was born in 1978 at Pune, Maharashtra. She is the second of three daughters of retired Indian Army Col R. C. S. Rawat and Champa Rawat. Her family is originally from Uttarakhand. She was educated in Pune, Bathinda and Andaman and Nicobar island and Army Public School, Nehru road, Lucknow. She graduated in commerce from Lucknow University.
Dimple met Akhilesh Yadav when she was a student. Originally Akhilesh's family was opposed to their marriage, but they agreed after Akhilesh's grandmother Murtidevi approved. The pair got married when she was aged 21. Guests at her wedding included movie stars, Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna. The couple have two daughters and a son.