Gurdial Singh Dhillon
| Gurdial Singh Dhillon | |
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| Minister for Agriculture | |
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In office 12 May 1986 – 14 February 1988 |
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| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 5th Speaker of Lok Sabha | |
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In office 8 August 1969 – 19 March 1971 |
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| Deputy | G.G. Swell |
| Preceded by | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Succeeded by | himself |
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In office 22 March 1971 – 1 December 1975 |
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| Deputy | G.G. Swell |
| Preceded by | himself |
| Succeeded by | Bali Ram Bhagat |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 August 1915 Panjwar, Amritsar district, Punjab |
| Died | 23 March 1992 (aged 76) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | Punjab University Law College |
| Occupation |
Politician Diplomat |
| Religion | Sikh |
Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1915–1992) was a Punjabi politician in the Indian National Congress party. He was President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (1973–76) and Indian High Commissioner to Canada (1980–82).
On 6 August 1915, Gurdial Singh Dhillon was born in the Panjwar area, some 20 kilometres west of Amritsar city in Punjab. He studied at Khalsa College, Amritsar and Government College, Lahore before graduating in Law from Punjab University Law College in Lahore. He played an active role in the Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha rebellion in 1947.
Dhillon was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (1952–1967), where he was its Deputy Speaker (1952–54) and its Speaker (1954–62). In 1967 he was first elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Indian Parliament representing Tarn Taran parliamentary constituency. He was elected from Firozpur in 1985.
Dhillon served two terms as Speaker of Lok Sabha (1969–71 and 1971–75) and was Minister of Agriculture in the Indian Government (1986–1988). Regarding his time in Parliament, his biography on the Lok Sabha website expresses the following:
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