Ila Pant

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Ila Pant
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Ila Pant in 2001
Personal details
Born (1938-03-10) March 10, 1938 (age 86)
Nainital District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Bhartiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Krishna Chandra Pant
Children 2 sons
Education Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater Allahabad University
Occupation Politician and Social worker

Ila Pant 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 the wife of former minister K. C. Pant.[1]

Early life

Ila Pant was born in Nainital (then part of Uttar Pradesh ) 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. The couple has two sons.[2]

Politics

Ila Pant's father-in-law Govind Ballabh Pant was 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]

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