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Bansi Lal

Bansi Lal Legha
Minister of Defence
In office
21 December 1975 – 24 March 1977
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Preceded by Indira Gandhi
Succeeded by Jagjivan Ram
Minister of Railways
In office
31 December 1984 – 4 June 1986
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
Succeeded by Mohsina Kidwai
3rd Chief Minister of Haryana
In office
22 May 1968 – 30 November 1975
Preceded by President's Rule
Succeeded by Banarsi Das Gupta
In office
5 July 1985 – 19 June 1987
Preceded by Bhajan Lal
Succeeded by Chaudhary Devi Lal
In office
11 May 1996 – 23 July 1999
Preceded by Bhajan Lal
Succeeded by Om Prakash Chautala
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Bhiwani
In office
1980–1987
Preceded by Chandrawati
Succeeded by Chaudhary Ram Narain Singh
In office
1989–1991
Preceded by Chaudhary Ram Narain Singh
Succeeded by Jangbir Singh
Personal details
Born 26 August 1927
Died 28 March 2006 (2006-03-29) (aged 78)

Bansi Lal Legha (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006) was an Indian Hindu Jat independence activist, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana and considered by many to be the architect of modern Haryana.

Lal was elected to the 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.

He was born in Golagarh village in Bhiwani district of Haryana in a Hindu family.

Bansi Lal studied at the Punjab University Law College, Jalandhar. In 1972, the Kurukshetra University and the Haryana Agricultural University awarded him honorary degrees of Doctor of Law and Doctor of Science respectively.

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 June 1986 to 19 June 1987 and 11 May 1996 to 23 July 1999.


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