14 Facts About Jagmohan

Jagmohan Malhotra, known by the mononym Jagmohan, was an Indian civil servant and politician.

Jagmohan served as Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and Goa, as the 5th Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, and for three terms as Member of Parliament for New Delhi.

Jagmohan Malhotra was born in a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family to Amir Chand and Dropadi Devi on 25 September 1927 in Hafizabad, British India.

Jagmohan got married in 1957 to Uma, who came to be known as Uma Jagmohan.

Jagmohan first gained notoriety during his stint as vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority in the mid 1970s.

In 1982, as Delhi hosted the Asian Games, Jagmohan was serving his second term as Lieutenant Governor of the city.

In Jammu and Kashmir, Jagmohan is credited with bringing order to one of the most revered shrines of Hindus, called Mata Vaishno Devi.

Jagmohan created a board that continues to provide administration for the shrine.

In 1989, when militancy re-exploded in Kashmir, Jagmohan was re-appointed its governor by Prime Minister V P Singh's led Janta Dal government.

Jagmohan fell out of favour of the Union government, and joined the BJP few years later in around 1994.

Jagmohan contested the seat for New Delhi in the Lok Sabha in 1996 for the 11th Lok Sabha, where he defeated Bollywood star Rajesh Khanna by 58,000 votes.

In 1998 and 1999, Jagmohan won the seat again defeating R K Dhawan of the Indian National Congress twice.

Jagmohan was one of the founders of the Samkalp Foundation which provides civil services examination coaching to poor and marginal students along with accommodation and other facilities.

Jagmohan Malhotra died in Delhi on 3 May 2021, at the age of 93.