On this very day in 2011, four years ago, Mamata Banerjee created history by being sworn-in as not only the first women chief minister of West Bengal, but also single handedly unseating the 34-year-old Left Front government that had ruled the state since 1977.

Reflecting on the moment, Banerjee thanked the people of the state for giving her the mandate to serve, claiming that she had fulfilled all her electoral promises despite being debt-ridden due to the faulty economic programmes of the Left Front regime.

“In spite of the legacy of the huge debt burden left by the previous government, so many hurdles, financial constraints… we have delivered our best and fulfilled our commitments to the people of Bengal,” Banerjee wrote on her social media platform.