Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Jagmohan Malhotra passed away at the age of 93 after a brief illness in New Delhi.
Jagmohan Malhotra (born 25 September 1927), known by the mononym Jagmohan, a former civil servant, held several key posts in his career, including the lieutenant governorship of Delhi and Goa. He was also elected to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament) and served as the Union Minister for Urban Development and Tourism. But his most contentious spell was in the governor’s house in Kashmir.
Jagmohan served two terms as governor in Jammu and Kashmir – from April 1984 to July 1989, and then from January 1990 to May 1990 at the time exodus of Kashmiri Pandits.
When the BJP’s Atal Bihari Vajpayee became Prime Minister in 1998, Jagmohan served in his cabinet in a variety of portfolios, including communications, urban development and tourism. During the 1990s, Jagmohan had served as nominated MP in the Rajya Sabha in 1990–96, and won a hat-trick of Lok Sabha elections from New Delhi (1996, 1998 and 1999).
Jagmohan also participated in BJP’s Outreach Campaign to increase awareness about revoking Article 370 & 35A in 2019, according to a NDTV report.
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