RESUMEN
Background:Hypertension is one of the common causes of mortality and morbidity in pregnant women in India. Methods: We conducted a study on two hundred and eight 208n pregnant women consisting of 101 prim gravidae, 78 gravidae 2 and 33 multi gravidae; We conducted a study on this pregnant women between January 2017 to May 2017, In our hospital. Result: Seventeen (17 that means 8%) Pregnant women were having hypertension. Majority of pregnant women in the study population were prim gravidae (48%). Nearly 80% of hypertension pregnant woman were prim gravidae. 88% developed hypertension in III trimester. Complication like preeclampsia was in 24%. Conclusion: Pregnancy-induced Hypertension is the common variety of pregnant women. It is commonly seen in prim gravidae who are exposed to the trophoblastic tissue for the first time.