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Jagdish mamgain (born 30 March 1964 in Delhi) is an Author, Urban Affairs expert, social activist, environmental activist, political activist and founder of Swatantra Prahari. He has been the Chairman of the Works Committee of the Unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi, lead the infrastructure activities during international multi-sport event XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 held in Delhi. He was a member of the Delhi University Court, Prior to this, he was the Chairman of the Vice-Chancellor's Selection Committee of Kota University, Vice-Chairman of the Agricultural Marketing Committee of the Government of Delhi, Member of Nehru Yuva Kendra's Selection Committee and the Telephone Advisory Committee. Jagdish mamgain is married and has two children. He did his early schooling from Delhi Kannada School, after which he studied at Delhi University.

ACTIVITY

Born in a Brahmin family in Delhi, the social and political struggle of Mr. Jagdish Mamgain started with the student politics of Delhi University in 1981. He led an eight-day hunger strike and organized dharna-demonstration to increase the seats in various colleges and to bring transparency in the admission process. Shocked with the suicide committed by three sisters of Kanpur due to lack of dowry, Mr. Mamgain Organized Anti-dowry rallies among the students and organized a program to resolve not to take dowry and also brought it into their lives also. In order to create awareness against the increasing Drug addiction among the people of Delhi, especially the youth, he formed an organization called ‘Swatantra Prahari’, under the aegis of which health camps, seminars and demonstrations were organized. Hundreds of students from various colleges participated in the ‘Race Against Drugs’ programme. He played an effective role in protesting demolition and sealing of industrial units in Delhi. Worked for communal harmony and peace against terrorism at the peak of terrorism in Punjab and Kashmir, Participated in giving impetus to the ongoing movement for a separate Uttarakhand state from the year 1987, movement for justice against mistreatment of agitating women in Muzaffarnagar agitating for seprate Uttarakhand state. He played an effective role in opposing the demolition and sealing of industrial units in Delhi. He were always a front line activist in raising the voice against violence to women. While being the chairman of the works committee of the unified Delhi Municipal Corporation, he was known to took effective steps against corruption in construction, especially showing the door to corruption accused engineers, out of the building department.

PUBLICATION

He wrote many books, narrating the details of the rights, duties and functioning of the corporation, ‘Lokshilpi-Delhi Nagar Nigam’, covering the history of hundred years from 1911-2011 of Delhi becoming the capital ‘Rang Badalti Delhi’, to strengthen the infrastructure efforts ‘Prayas’. He has written books like ‘Nayakon ko Naman: 366 din’, struggle for independent India ‘Lahu se likhi Azadi’ and highlighting the discrimination of women ‘Shiran’ etc. Many of his articles and comments have been published in newspapers and magazines on the topics of urban affairs and planning, environment, women's safety etc., his articles are realistic.