Spouse(s) SnehLata Pal Name Jagdambika Pal | Constituency Domariyaganj Citizenship India | |
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Alma mater Avadh University, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University | ||
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Jagdambika Pal (born 21 October 1950) is an Indian Politician who was a member of 15th Lok Sabha & 16th Lok Sabha and was a leader of Indian National Congress, until he resigned on 7 March 2014.After that he joined Bharatiya Janta Party on 19 March 2014 and won the Indian general elections, 2014 from the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha Constituency.
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- Ls polls former up cm jagdambika pal comedian raju srivastava join bjp
- Jagdambika pal resigns from lok sabha quits congress
- Political career
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Personal life
- Positions held
- References
He became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for 3 days from 21 February 1998 to 23 February 1998 when Governor of Uttar Pradesh Romesh Bhandari dismissed Kalyan Singh government but was restored after courts order.
Jagdambika pal resigns from lok sabha quits congress
Political career
He was member of Indian National Congress. He parted his from the Indian National Congress to join All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) of Narayan Dutt Tiwari but in 1997, he formed Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress Party along with Naresh Agarwal, Rajeev Shukla and Shyam Sunder Sharma and became minister of transport in Kalyan Singh government.
Later, Jagdambika Pal became the president of the Uttar Pradesh state unit of the Indian National Congress.
In 2009 he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency in Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh.
On 3 July 2011, Jagdambika Pal and other members of Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, opened Commemorative plaque at Mahua Dabar, where the British massacred 5,000 people during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
When, the Uttar Pradesh state government led by Kalyan Singh was dismissed on 21 February 1998 by Governor of Uttar Pradesh Romesh Bhandari, he became the Chief Minister. Kalyan Singh moved Allahabad High Court which termed the dismissal of government unconstitutional on 23 February 1998, thereby reinstating the Kalyan Singh government.
Personal life
He was born in a Rajput family to Surya Baksha Pal and Mool Rajidevi at bharvaliya village of Bankati Block in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh state. He founded Surya Baksha Pal Girls Inter college and Surya Baksha Pal Post Graduate Degree College at Bankati, Basti district.