Jagatvir Singh Drona

Captain (Retd.) Pandit Jagat Vir Singh Drona (born 23 July 1939) is the former mayor of Kanpur and a former member of the 10th,11th and 12th Lok Sabha.[1] He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served in the Indian army before joining politics in 1990.[2]

Jagat Vir Singh Drona
जगत वीर सिंह द्रोण
Mayor of Kanpur
In office
July 2012  1 December 2017
Preceded byRavindra Patni
Succeeded byPramila Pandey
Personal details
Born23 July 1939
Rajugela, United Provinces, British India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Renu Drona (m.1969)
ChildrenShashank Drona (Son)
Anamika Bhargava (Daughter)
Ambika Lavania (Daughter)
Jaya Drona Dixit (Daughter)
EducationB. Pe.

Positions held

1990-92 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), District. Kanpur

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel

1993 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha onwards

1993-95 Member, Committee on Public Accounts

1993-96 Member, Rules Committee

1994-96 Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Committee on Steel

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Estimates

Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

1997 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee, Wakf Board

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

Secretary, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party

1998-99 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism

Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women - Criminal Laws

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

2012-17 Hon'ble Mayor of Kanpur

References

  1. "India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News - Times of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121008013334/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12up65.htm. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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