Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
DRONA, CAPT. (RETD.) JAGATVIR SINGH
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - KANPUR (UTTAR PRADESH)]
Father's Name Shri Malikhan Singh Drona
Date of Birth 23 July 1939
Place of Birth Rajugela, Distt. Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)
Marital Status Married on 22 January 1969
Spouse's Name Smt. Renu Drona
Children One son and three daughters
Educational Qualifications
Bachelor of Physical Education
Educated at Lakshmibai National College of
Physical Education, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
Profession
Military Service, Political and Social Worker,
Trader, Sportsman, Teacher, Educationist and
Engineer
Permanent Address
113/140, Swaroop Nagar,
Kanpur-208002
(Uttar Pradesh)
Tels. (0512) 290333, 214673, 214013
Present Address
204, North Avenue,
New Delhi-110001
Tels. (011) 3792800, 3010167
Positions Held
1990-92 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.),
Distt. Kanpur
1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel
1993 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
onwards
1993-95 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1993-96 Member, Rules Committee
1994-96 Member, Committee on Defence
Member, Committee on Steel
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1996-97 Member, Committee on Estimates
Member, Committee on IndiaPress Affairs
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1997 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee, Wakf Board
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Secretary, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
1998-99 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women
and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to
Women - Criminal Laws
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
Social and Cultural Activities
Service to the handicapped and the downtrodden
Special Interests
Organising tournaments, Kavi sammelans, free eye operation camps
and cultural shows
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Sports, reading and cultural activities
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (11 Countries); Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation
to 99th Inter-Parliamentary conference, Windhock, Namibia, 1998
Other Information
President, Loha Vyapar Mandal, Kanpur, since 1984; Vice-President,
(i) Federation of Iron and Steel Trade Association of India, Bombay,
since 1984; and (ii) Council for Child Welfare, Kanpur; Manager,
(i) Adarsh Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Kanpur; and (ii) Saraswati
Shishu Mandir, Tilak Nagar, Kanpur; Patron (i) Kutumbkam Institution
for Handicapped; (ii) `Ex-servicemen League', Kanpur; (iii)
Bhutpurva Sainik Suraksha Manch, Kanpur; Sanghchalak, Rashtriya
Swayam Sevak Sangh, Deen Dayal Nagar, Kanpur till 1989; Member,
(i) Council of Indian Institute of Technology, 1995 onwards; and
(ii) National Advisory Committee, National Cadet Corps, 1998-99
Election Result of
Kanpur Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 14,01,922
Total votes polled 6,88,492
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Capt. (Retd.) Jagatvir Singh Drona (B.J.P.) 3,35,996
(2) Shri Surendra Mohan Agarwal (S.P.) 1,99,987
(3) Shri Sri Prakash Jaiswal (I.N.C.) 90,274
(4) Shri Pawan Gupta (B.S.P.) 49,474
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