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