Ila Pant | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 March 1998 –26 April 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Narayan Datt Tiwari |
| Succeeded by | Narayan Datt Tiwari |
| Constituency | Nainital |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1938 |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Krishna Chandra Pant |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts |
| 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 was married to former minister K. C. Pant. [1]
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]
Ila Pant's father-in-law Govind Ballabh Pant was one of the major architect of modern 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]