| Office | Member of the Lok Sabha
|
|---|---|
| Term start | 10 March 1998 |
| Term end | 26 April 1999 |
| Predecessor | Narayan Datt Tiwari |
| Successor | Narayan Datt Tiwari
|
| Constituency | Nainital
|
| Born | 1938-03-10 (age 88) |
| Born | Nainital, United Provinces, British India
|
| Nationality | Indian
|
| Political party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Krishna Chandra Pant |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Allahabad University |
| Occupation | Politician and Social worker
|
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 is married to former minister K. C. Pant.[1]
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.[2]
Politics
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 general election as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, winning 38.52% of the votes in the Nainital constituency.[3] She defeated the former Chief Minister and Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari by a margin of 15,557 votes.[4]
During 1998-99, she served as a member of the Committee on External Affairs and of the Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs.[2]
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.[2]
References
- ↑ Electrion images: Ila Pant. India Today(23 February 1998).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Biographical Sketch of the Member of the 12th Lok Sabha.
- ↑ Nainital Parliamentary Constituency.
- ↑ Mala Raj Lakshmi Shah first woman Member of Parliament from state of Uttrakhand. The Tribune(14 October 2012).