Ila Pant
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ila Pant
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|03|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Nainital, United Provinces, British India
| office = Member of the Lok Sabha
| constituency = Nainital
| term_start = 10 March 1998
| term_end = 26 April 1999
| predecessor = Narayan Datt Tiwari
| successor = Narayan Datt Tiwari
| nationality = Indian
| education = Bachelor of Arts
| alma_mater = Allahabad University
| occupation = Politician and Social worker
| party = Bhartiya Janata Party
| spouse = Krishna Chandra Pant
| children = 2
| footnotes =
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Ila Pant (born 10 March 1938) is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament in 12th Lok Sabha from Nainital constituency of Uttar Pradesh (now part of Uttarakhand). She was married to former minister K. C. Pant.{{cite web| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ila-pants-lackluster-speeches-shorn-of-local-issues/1/263466.html|title=Electrion images: Ila Pant| publisher=India Today|date=23 February 1998}}
Personal life and family
Ila Pant was born in Nainital district (Uttarakhand) on 10 March 1938. She is the daughter of Shobha and Govind Ballabh Pande. She graduated from the University of Allahabad with a Bachelor of Arts degree. On 20 June 1957, she married the politician Krishna Chandra Pant from Uttarakhand Brahmin family. The couple has two sons.{{cite news |url=http://www.indiapress.org/election/archives/lok12/biodata/12up04.php |title=Biographical Sketch of the Member of the 12th Lok Sabha |publisher=India Press |accessdate=12 May 2016 }}
Politics
Ila Pant's father-in-law Govind Ballabh Pant was one of the major architect of modern India and a senior Indian National Congress leader, and her husband went on to become a minister as well. She won the 1998 general election as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, winning 38.52% of the votes in the Nainital constituency.{{cite news |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/GE2004/States/PartyCompWinner/S28/partycomp04.htm |title=Nainital Parliamentary Constituency |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=12 May 2016 }} She defeated the former Chief Minister and Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari by a margin of 15,557 votes.{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121014/dun.htm#3 |title=Mala Raj Lakshmi Shah first woman Member of Parliament from state of Uttrakhand |author=Sandeep Rawat |work=The Tribune |location=Chandigarh |date=14 October 2012 }}
During 1998-99, she served as a member of the Committee on External Affairs and of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs.
She has also served on the Board of Governors of the Pant Nagar University, and as a Secretary of the G.B. Pant Memorial Society in New Delhi.
References
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External links
- [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12up04.htm Biographical Sketch - Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha]
- [http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/31pant.htm Interview of K. C. Pant]
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Category:University of Allahabad alumni
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand
Category:Women in Uttarakhand politics