Dr. Mahendra Singh Pal is an Indian politician. He represented the Nainital Lok Sabha constituency from 1989 to 1991, and again from 2002 to 2004. Pal is a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

(INC) party and served on the Committee on Urban and Rural Development in 2003. He was designated a Senior Advocate in 2004. He is a leading advocate and practices mainly in the

Uttarakhand High Court The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The building of Uttarakhand High Court was constructed by Santoni MacDonald in 1900. The Uttarakhand State was carved out from the State of Uttar Pradesh on ...

at Nainital . He was ex Additional Advocate General of Uttarakhand High Court in Supreme Court. He was also President of the

Bar Council of Uttarakhand Bar Council of Uttarakhand is the regulatory and statutorily representative body for lawyers practicing law in the state of Uttarakhand. It was constituted as per the mandatory requirement as per Advocates Act, 1961 and Bar Council of India. In M ...

and High Court Bar Association of Uttarakhand several times and a legal advisor to the Soldier Board in

Haldwani Haldwani (Kumaoni language, Kumaoni: ''Haldvānī'') is the largest city of Kumaon division, Kumaon. It is also the third List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city and largest commercial market in the Indian state of Uttarak ...

Personal life

Dr. Mahendra Singh Pal married Lt. Col. Meena Singh Pal (née Shah) on 9 May 1987. He belongs to erstwhile royal family of

Askot Askot or Askote ( Kumaoni:असकोट) is a small Himalayan town in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand in India. It is the part of Kanalichhina development Block and Didihat Tehsil. The place is also famous for the Askot Musk Deer Sanctuar ...

Pithoragarh district Pithoragarh district is the easternmost district in the state of Uttarakhand. It is located in the Himalayas and has an area of and a population of 483,439 (as of 2011). The city of Pithoragarh, located in Saur Valley, is its headquarters. T ...

. He is the second eldest among four brothers and a sister born to second world war veteran

Subedar Subedar is a rank of junior commissioned officer in the Indian Army; a senior non-commissioned officer in the Pakistan Army, and formerly a Viceroy's commissioned officer in the British Indian Army. History ''Subedar'' or ''subadar'' was the ...

Dev Shamsher Singh Pal and Sona Devi.

Positions held

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Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1999–2004 Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Politicians from Prayagraj 1949 births Living people Janata Dal politicians {{Uttarakhand-INC-politician-stub