Captain (Retd.) Pandit Jagat Vir Singh Drona (born 23 July 1939) is the former mayor of

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

and a former member of the

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and

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. He belongs to the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. He served in the Indian army before joining politics in 1990.

Positions held

*1990-1992 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), District. Kanpur *1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha *1991-1996 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel *1993 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha onwards *1993-1995 Member, Committee on Public Accounts *1993-1996 Member, Rules Committee *1994-1996 Member, Committee on Defence, Member, Committee on Steel *1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) *1996-1997 Member, Committee on Estimates Meber Committee on Home 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 *1998-1999 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 *2012-2017 Hon'ble Mayor of

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Mayors of Kanpur Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people 1939 births Indian Army personnel India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Politicians from Kanpur {{India-mayor-stub