Jagdambika Pal is an Indian politician. He is a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was also a member of 15th Lok Sabha & 16th Lok Sabha and was a member of Indian National Congress, until he resigned on 7 March 2014.

Political career

He was a member of

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 ...

. He parted from the

to join

All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) The All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) was a political party in India set up by dissident Indian National Congress party leaders Narayan Datt Tiwari, Arjun Singh, Natwar Singh and Rangarajan Kumaramangalam. The party later merged with the Cong ...

N. D. Tiwari Narayan Datt Tiwari (18 October 1925 – 18 October 2018) was an Indian politician who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and 3rd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007. He was first Indian Chief Minister who served for ...

but in 1997, he formed

Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was founded in October 1997 by Naresh Agarwal along with Jagdambika Pal, Atul Kumar Singh, Bacha Pathak, Rajeev Shukla, Hari Shankar ...

along with

Naresh Agarwal Naresh Chandra Agrawal is an Indian politician who was a member of the Rajya Sabha in India. He represents the State of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and has been Member of the Legislative Assembly from Hard ...

Rajeev Shukla Rajeev Shukla (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician, former journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. In 2015, he was re-appointed unanimously as the Chairman of IPL by the BCCI. On 18 Dec 202 ...

and

Shyam Sunder Sharma Shyam Sunder Sharma is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of India. He represents the Mant constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party. Early life and education Shyam ...

and

Bacha Pathak Bacha Pathak was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bansdih in the 1969, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1991, 1993 and 1996 election as a member of the Indian National Congress. In 1997, he was forming member ...

and became minister of transport in

Kalyan Singh Kalyan Singh (5 January 1932 – 21 August 2021) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He served twice as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Member of Parliament. He was the Chief minister of Utt ...

government. Later, Jagdambika Pal became the president of the Uttar Pradesh state unit of the

. In 2009 he was elected to the

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...

from Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency in

Siddharthnagar district Siddharthnagar district is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh also known as the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. Siddharthnagar is the district headquarters. Siddharthnagar district is a part of Basti division. It was unde ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. On 3 July 2011, Jagdambika Pal and other members of

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of the

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, opened

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Mahua Dabar Kothili Bazar was a small town in Basti district of Awadh in modern Uttar Pradesh, India (south of Basti, not to be confused with the surviving community of the same name near Gaur, north-west of Basti). This town was destroyed by the British Raj ...

, where the

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massacred A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

5,000 people during the

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Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

When, the Uttar Pradesh state government led by

was dismissed on 21 February 1998 by

Governor of Uttar Pradesh The following is the list of governors of Uttar Pradesh. The list also includes governors of the United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as Independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed Uttar Prade ...

Romesh Bhandari Romesh Bhandari (29 March 1928 – 7 September 2013) was an Indian Foreign Secretary, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and former governor of Tripura, Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Career Bhandari was born in Lahore, p ...

, he became the Chief Minister.

moved

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court, also known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high ...

which termed the dismissal of government unconstitutional on 23 February 1998, thereby reinstating the

government. He holds the record for the shortest stint as

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

of any state in

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for just one day. He is popularly known as the "one-day chief minister". However, the legitimacy of his regime, is disputed as the Kalyan Singh government's dismissal had been declared unconstitutional by the

Personal life

He was born in a Pal caste corner to Surya Baksha Pal and Mool Rajidevi at Bharvaliya village of Bankati Block in

Basti district Basti district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India, and a part of Basti Division. Basti city is the district headquarters. Origin of name and history Basti was originally known as Vaishishthi. The origin of the name Vaishi ...

state. He founded Surya Baksha Pal Girls Inter college and Surya Baksha Pal Post Graduate Degree College at Bankati,

Positions held

* 1982-93 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (two terms) * 1988-1999 Minister of State, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh * 1998 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh * 1993-2007 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (three terms) * 2002 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh * 2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (INC) from Domariyaganj Member, Committee on Energy; Member, Committee on Petitions; Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADs); Member, Committee on Chemical and Fertilizers; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Ministry of Tourism * 2014 Resigned from 15th Lok Sabha and Indian national Congress party * 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha (BJP) from Domariyaganj. *2019 Elected to

17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started offi ...

from Domariyaganj.

References

External links

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

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