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Jagdambika Pal Age, Caste, Wife, Family, Biography

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Hometown: Basti, Uttar Pradesh
Age: 74 Years
Wife: Sneh Lata Pal

Jagdambika Pal

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)Politician and Advocate
Known forBeing the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for only one day
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) 5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye ColourDark Brown
Hair ColourGrey
Politics
Political Party• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (2014- present)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flag
• India National Congress (INC)
Indian National Congress
Political Journey1982-93: Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (two terms)
1988-1999: Minister of State, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
1993-2007: Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (three terms)
2002: Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
2009: Elected to the 15th Lok Sabha
31 August 2009: Member, Standing Committee on Energy
23 September 2009: Member, Committee on Petitions
7 October 2009: Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADs)
August 2010: Member, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Tourism
2011-2014" Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings
15 March 2014: Resigned from the 15th Lok Sabha
May 2014: Re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1 September 2014 - 25 May 2019: Member, Committee on Privileges
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping
1 September 2014 - 31 August 2018: Member, Standing Committee on Energy
3 December 2014 - 25 May 2019: Member, Business Advisory Committee
1 May 2015 - 25 May 2019: Member, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex
11 May 2016 - 25 May 2019: Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provision (Amendment) Bill, 2016
1 September 2018 - 25 May 2019: Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs
May 2019: Re-elected to the 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
20 June 2019: Member, Business Advisory Committee
24 July 2019: Member, Committee on Public Accounts
13 September 2019: Chairperson, Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs
21 November 2019: Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
2024: Won the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh
Personal Life
Date of Birth21 October 1950 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)74 Years
BirthplaceVill. Rameshwerpuri, Distt. Basti (Uttar Pradesh)
Zodiac signLibra
SignatureJagdambika Pal's signature
NationalityIndian
HometownBasti, Uttar Pradesh
College/University• Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad
• Lucknow University, Lucknow
• Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Uttar Pradesh
Educational Qualification(s) [1]Lok Sabha• BA
• MA
• LLB
ReligionHinduism
CasteKshatriya Rajput [2]The Times of India
HobbiesReading books, Listening to music, Travelling
Relationships & More
Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date13 Jul 1975
Family
Wife/SpouseSneh Lata Pal
ChildrenSon- Abhishek Pal (politician)
Jagdambika Pal's son
Daughter- 2
• Pooja Singh Rathore
Jagdambika Pal's Daughter Pooja Pal
• Arti Pal
ParentsFather- Late. Surya Bux Pal
Mother- Late. Mool Raji Devi
Style Quotient
Car CollectionsHe owns an Ambassador car and a Jeep.
Money Factor
Assets/PropertiesMovable property
Cash: Rs 2,93 lakh
Deposits in banks: Rs 53.84 lakh
Bonds, Debentures and Shares: Rs 33,86 lakh
NSS, postal savings: Rs 5,40 lakh
LIC or other insurance policies: Rs 2,21 lakh
Jewellery: Rs 2,62 lakh

Real estate
Commercial buildings: Rs 61,74 lakh
Net Worth (approx.)Rs. 10.33 Crores (as of 2019) [3]MyNeta

Jagdambika Pal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jagdambika Pal

  • He holds the record for the shortest stint as Chief Minister of any state in India.
  • He established Surya Bakhsha Pal Girls Inter Collage and Surya Bakhsha Pal Post Graduate Degree Collage in Bankati, Basti, Uttar Pradesh.
  • He started his career in politics by joining the Indian National Congress.
  • Later, he quit the Indian National Congress to join the All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) of N. D. Tiwari.
  • In 1997, he supported Kalyan Singh‘s government after forming the Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress along with Naresh Agarwal, Rajeev Shukla, Shyam Sunder Sharma, and Bacha Pathak and became minister of transport in the Uttar Pradesh government.
  • Later, he again joined the Indian National Congress and became the president of the Uttar Pradesh state unit.
  • On 3 July 2011, he opened a Commemorative plaque at Mahua Dabar in Basti, Uttar Pradesh in a tribute to the 5,000 people massacred by the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
  • In 2014, he again quit the Indian National Congress, and on 19 March 2014, before the Lok Sabha elections, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of the then Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

    Jagdambika Pal and Indian comedian Raju Shrivastav joined the BJP in 2014

    Jagdambika Pal and Indian comedian Raju Shrivastav joined the BJP in 2014

  • He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from the Domariyaganj constituency in Uttar Pradesh on a ticket of the BJP and won.
  • He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from Domariyaganj in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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