Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Preceded by Bhajan Lal Party Haryana Vikas Party Preceded by Indira Gandhi Name Bansi Lal Succeeded by Jagjivan Ram | Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Role Political leader Grandchildren Shruti Choudhry Preceded by President's Rule Died March 28, 2006, New Delhi | |
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Preceded by A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury Education Punjab University Law College Children Surender Singh, Ranbir Singh Mahendra | ||
A brief about work of ch bansi lal
Bansi Lal Legha (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006) was an Indian independence activist, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana and considered by many to be the architect of modern Haryana.
Contents
- A brief about work of ch bansi lal
- Profile of ch bansi lal rajniti
- Early life
- Education
- Political career
- Chief Minister of Haryana
- Role during Emergency
- Death
- Awards and Honours
- Legacy
- Family
- References
Lal was elected to the Haryana State Assembly seven times, the first time in 1967.
He served three separate terms as Chief Minister of Haryana: 1968–75, 1985–87, and 1996–99. Bansi Lal was considered a close confidante of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi during the Emergency era of 1975 -1977.
He served as the Defence Minister from December 1975 to March 1977, and had a brief stint as a Minister without Portfolio in the Union government in 1975. He also held the Railways and Transport portfolios.
He set up Haryana Vikas Party after parting ways with the Indian National Congress in 1996.
Profile of ch bansi lal rajniti
Early life
He was born in a Hindu Jat family in the village of Golagarh in Bhiwani district of present-day Haryana state.
Education
Bansi Lal studied at the Punjab University Law College, Jalandhar.
Political career
Chief Minister of Haryana
Bansi Lal became the Chief Minister of Haryana four times in 1968, 1972, 1986 and 1996. He was the third chief minister of Haryana after Bhagwat Dayal Sharma and Rao Birender Singh. He became Haryana chief minister for the first time on 31 May 1968 and remained in office till 13 March 1972. On 14 March 1972, he occupied the top post in the state for the second time and was in office till 29 November 1975. The third and fourth times he was appointed chief minister was from 5 July 1985 to 19 June 1987 and 11 May 1996 to 23 July 1999.
Bansi Lal was elected to the state assembly seven times, the first time being in 1967. After Haryana was formed in 1966, much of the state's industrial and agricultural development, especially creation of infrastructure, took place due to Lal's initiatives. He was elected to the state assembly for seven times in 1967, 1968, 1972, 1986, 1991 and 2000. He was responsible for electrifying all villages in Haryana during his tenure as chief minister in the late sixties and seventies. He was also the pioneer of highway tourism in the state – a model later adopted by a number of states. He is regarded by many as an "Iron man" who was always close to reality and took keen interest in the upliftment of the community.Lal became one of the first Chief Ministers to visit Israel, when he led a delegation of agriculturalists and sarpanches to the country in 1971.
Bansi Lal did not contest the assembly elections in 2005 but his sons Surender Singh and Ranbir Singh Mahendra were elected to the state assembly. Surrender Singh died in a helicopter crash near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh on 31 March 2005.
Role during Emergency
Lal was in the limelight when Emergency was imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. He was a confidante of Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi during the controversial Emergency days in 1975. He along with Sanjay Gandhi was said to be responsible for various steps during the Emergency.
He was the defence minister from 21 December 1975 to 24 March 1977 and a minister without portfolio in the Union government from 1 December 1975 to 20 December 1975.
Death
Lal died in New Delhi on 28 March 2006. He had been unwell for quite some time.