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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{BLP sources|date=July 2015}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Jagat Vir Singh Drona<br>जगत वीर सिंह द्रोण<br />
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| office = Mayor of Kanpur<br />
| term_start = July 2012<br />
| term_end = 1 December 2017<br />
| predecessor = Ravindra Patni<br />
| successor = [[Pramila Pandey]]<br />
| birth_date= 23 July 1939<br />
| birth_place= [[Mathura|Rajugela]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
| education = [[Bachelor of Physical Education|B. Pe.]]<br />
| party=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse= Renu Drona (m.1969)<br />
| children = Shashank Drona (Son)<br>Anamika Bhargava (Daughter)<br>Ambika Lavania (Daughter)<br>Jaya Drona Dixit (Daughter)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Captain (Retd.) Pandit Jagat Vir Singh Drona''' (born 23 July 1939) is the former mayor of [[Kanpur]] and a former member of the [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]],[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] and [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-10/kanpur/32617203_1_congress-candidate-pawan-gupta-jagat-vir-singh-drona |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130928152715/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-10/kanpur/32617203_1_congress-candidate-pawan-gupta-jagat-vir-singh-drona |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2013 |title=India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News |date= |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=29 July 2015}}</ref><br />
He belongs to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He served in the Indian army before joining politics in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12UP65.htm |accessdate=10 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008013334/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12up65.htm |archivedate=8 October 2012 }}</ref><br />
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==Positions held==<br />
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*1990-92 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), District. Kanpur<br />
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*1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha<br />
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*1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel<br />
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*1993 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha onwards<br />
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*1993-95 Member, Committee on Public Accounts<br />
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*1993-96 Member, Rules Committee<br />
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*1994-96 Member, Committee on Defence, Member, Committee on Steel<br />
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*1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)<br />
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*1996-97 Member, Committee on Estimates Member Committee on Home Affairs Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence<br />
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*1997 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee, Wakf Board<br />
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*1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term), Secretary, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party<br />
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*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<br />
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*2012-17 Hon'ble Mayor of [[Kanpur]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mayors of Kanpur]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1939 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army personnel]]<br />
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:11th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:12th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Kanpur]]<br />
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