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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ila Pant<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|03|10|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nainital]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
| office = [[Member of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Nainital (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nainital]]<br />
| term_start = 10 March 1998 <br />
| term_end = 26 April 1999<br />
| predecessor = [[Narayan Datt Tiwari]]<br />
| successor = [[Narayan Datt Tiwari]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Allahabad University]]<br />
| occupation = [[Politician]] and [[Social worker]]<br />
| party = [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = [[Krishna Chandra Pant]]<br />
| children = 2<br />
| footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
'''Ila Pant''' (born 10 March 1938) is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament in 12th [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Nainital (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nainital constituency]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (now part of [[Uttarakhand]]). She is married to former minister [[K. C. Pant]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life and family==<br />
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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.<ref name="BioSketch_12LS">{{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 }}</ref><br />
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==Politics ==<br />
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Ila Pant's father-in-law [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] was a key architect of mordern India and a senior [[Indian National Congress]] leader, and her husband went on to become a minister as well. She won the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 general election]] as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) candidate, winning 38.52% of the votes in the [[Nainital (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nainital constituency]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> She defeated the former Chief Minister and Congress leader [[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]] by a margin of 15,557 votes.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><br />
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During 1998-99, she served as a member of the Committee on External Affairs and of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs.<ref name="BioSketch_12LS"/><br />
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She has also served on the Board of Governors of the [[G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology|Pant Nagar University]], and as a Secretary of the G.B. Pant Memorial Society in New Delhi.<ref name="BioSketch_12LS"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12up04.htm Biographical Sketch - Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha]<br />
*[http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/31pant.htm Interview of K. C. Pant]<br />
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[[Category:University of Allahabad alumni]]<br />
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:Women in Uttarakhand politics]]<br />
[[Category:People from Nainital district]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]<br />
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