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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1950)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jagdambika Pal
| image =
| caption = Pal in 2024
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1950|10|21}}
| birth_place = [[Basti district|Bharvaliya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 16 May 2009
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Mohammed Muqueem]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Domariyaganj, Uttar Pradesh]]
| office3 = [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term3 = 30 May 2003 {{endash}} 7 November 2004
| predecessor3 = Arun Kumar Singh Munna
| successor3 = [[Salman Khurshid]]
| office4 = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_label4 = Acting
| term4 = 21 February 1998 {{endash}} 23 February 1998{{efn|This government contained no ministers due to its short-tenure and thereafter being declared unconstitutional by the High Court.}}
| governor4 = [[Romesh Bhandari]]
| predecessor4 = [[Kalyan Singh]]
| successor4 = Kalyan Singh
| office5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term5 = 1993{{endash}}2007
| constituency5 = [[Basti Assembly constituency|Basti]]
| predecessor5 = Lakshameshwar Singh
| successor5 = Jeetender Kumar
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (since 2014)
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] (till 1996; 2002–2014)<br /> [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]] (1996–1997)<br /> [[Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress]] (1997–2002)
| education = [[Master of Arts|MA]] & [[LLB]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Sneh Lata Pal|1975}}
| children = 3
| website =
| alma_mater = [[Awadh University]] <br /> [[Gorakhpur University]]
| footnotes =
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}}

'''Jagdambika Pal''' (born 21 October 1950) is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]]. He was the [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] for 31 hours in 1998. He is also currently a member of the Lok Sabha since 2009. In the [[15th Lok Sabha]] he represented the [[Indian National Congress]], until he resigned on 7 March 2014. He joined the BJP in 2014 and re-entered the [[Lok Sabha]].

==Political career==
He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He parted from the [[Indian National Congress]] to join [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]] of [[N. D. Tiwari]] but in 1997, he formed [[Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress]] along with [[Naresh Agarwal]], [[Rajeev Shukla]] and [[Shyam Sunder Sharma]] and [[Bacha Pathak]] and became Minister of Transport in [[Kalyan Singh]] government.

Later, Jagdambika Pal became the president of the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee|Uttar Pradesh state unit]] of the [[Indian National Congress]].

In 2009 he was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from [[Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency]] in [[Siddharthnagar district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].

On 3 July 2011, Jagdambika Pal and other members of [[Lok Sabha]], [[lower house|Lower House]] of the [[Parliament of India]], opened [[Commemorative plaque]] at [[Mahua Dabar]], where the [[British Raj|British]] [[War crime|massacred]] 5,000 people during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref>[http://mahuadabar.blogspot.ca/2011/07/shri-jagdambika-pal-members-of.html Mahua Dabar commemorative plaque]</ref>

==Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh==
When the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh state government]] led by [[Kalyan Singh]] was dismissed on 21 February 1998 by [[Governors of Uttar Pradesh|Governor of Uttar Pradesh]] [[Romesh Bhandari]], he became the acting [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]. Kalyan Singh moved to [[Allahabad High Court]] which termed the dismissal of government unconstitutional on 23 February 1998, thereby reinstating the [[Kalyan Singh ministry|Kalyan Singh]] government.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

==Positions held==
* 1982-93 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (two terms)
* 1988-1999 Minister of State, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
* 1998 [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/jagadambika-pal-holds-record-of-cm-with-shortest-tenure-780070.html|title= Jagadambika Pal holds record of CM with shortest tenure|website= Deccan Herald|language=en |access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/politics/state-in-up-jagdambika-pal-was-cm-for-just-24-hours-19791208.html|title= उत्तर प्रदेश में 1998 में सिर्फ 24 घंटा ही मुख्यमंत्री रह सके थे जगदंबिका पाल|website= Jagran|language=hi |access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref>
* 1993-2007 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (three terms)
* 2002 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
* 2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (INC) from [[Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Domariyaganj]] Member, Committee on Energy; Member, Committee on Petitions; Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADs); Member, Committee on Chemical and Fertilizers; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Tourism
* 2014 Resigned from 15th Lok Sabha and Indian national Congress party
* 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha (BJP) from [[Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Domariyaganj]].
*2019 Elected to [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Domariyaganj]].
*2024 Elected to [[18th Lok Sabha]] from [[Domariyaganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Domariyaganj]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140721050934/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CHIEF%20MINISTERS.HTM Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh]
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980222/05350084.html Unconstitutional dismissal of Kalyan Singh Govt]
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980224/05550074.html Allahabad High Court reinstates Kalyan Singh Govt]

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| before= [[Kalyan Singh]]
| title = [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] ([[de facto]])
| years = 21 February 1998 – 23 February 1998
| after = [[Kalyan Singh]]
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