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Jagat Vir Singh Drona जगत वीर सिंह द्रोण | |
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| Mayor of Kanpur | |
| In office July 2012 – 1 December 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ravindra Patni |
| Succeeded by | Pramila Pandey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1939 Rajugela, United Provinces, British India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Renu Drona (m.1969) |
| Children | Shashank Drona (Son) Anamika Bhargava (Daughter) Ambika Lavania (Daughter) Jaya Drona Dixit (Daughter) |
| Education | B. Pe. |
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]
Positions held
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- 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
- ↑ "India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ 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.
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