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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Harcharan Singh Brar
| image               = File:Harcharan Singh Brar ex CM.png
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| office              = [[List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|13th]] [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]
| term_start          = 31 August 1995
| term_end            = 21 November 1996
| predecessor         = [[Beant Singh (chief minister)|Beant Singh]]
| successor           = [[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]]
| office2             = [[List of governors of Haryana|Governor of Haryana]]
| term_start2         = 24 September 1977
| term_end2           = 9 December 1979
| predecessor2        = [[Jaisukh Lal Hathi]]
| successor2          = [[Surjit Singh Sandhawalia]]
| office3             = [[List of governors of Odisha|Governor of Odisha]]
| term_start3         = 7 February 1977
| term_end3           = 22 September 1977
| predecessor3        = [[Shiva Narayin Sankar]]
| successor3          = [[Bhagwat Dayal Sharma]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1922|01|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Sarai Naga]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2009|09|6|1922|01|21|df=yes}}
| death_place         = [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]
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| nationality         = Indian
| party               = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| spouse              = [[Gurbinder Kaur Brar]]
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'''Harcharan Singh Brar ''' (21 January 1922 &ndash; 6 September 2009)  was an Indian politician belonging to the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] unit of [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the 13th Chief Minister of Punjab and held this position from 31 August 1995 to 21 November 1996. He succeeded the assassinated Chief Minister [[Beant Singh (chief minister)|Beant Singh]]. At the time he was member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab Vidhan Sabha]] from [[Muktsar Assembly Constituency]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/the-brar-dynasty-not-a-male-bastion-mla-karan-brar-is-holding-fort-to-the-legacy/story-AB45uq0DrcRUYiHuzZjTEO.html | title=The Brar dynasty: Not a male bastion, MLA Karan Brar is holding fort to the legacy | publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] | work=Sukhdeep Kaur | date=25 December 2016 | access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Harcharan Singh Brar, son of Sardar Balwant Singh Brar, was born on 21 January 1919 into a Brar Jat of Sarai Naga Royal Family, which lies along National Highway 16 between [[Sri Muktsar Sahib]] and [[Kot Kapura]]. He studied at [[Aitchison College]] and later graduated from Government College, [[Lahore]].<ref name="dna"/> He married twice. His first wife was Jagir Kaur, daughter of Sardar Karnail Singh Sandhu of village Bhutter near Sadiq town in district Faridkot. He had one daughter from the first marriage, Charanjit Kaur, who he got married into the Rethgarhia family of Patiala. His second wife was Gurbinder Kaur, daughter of Jaswant Singh Kairon, who was the brother of [[Pratap Singh Kairon]], sometime [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]. By his second marriage, H.S. Brar had two children, a son [[Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar|Kanwarjit Singh Brar]] and a daughter, Kanwaljit Kaur. Brar's only son, [[Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar|Kanwarjit Singh Brar]] (1949- 2012), was a politician and a two-term MLA from Muktsar.

==Political career==
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Brar was a member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab Vidhan Sabha]] five times: from [[Muktsar]] in 1960–62, re-elected in 1962-67 and 1992–97, [[Giddarbaha]] in 1967–72, [[Kotkapura]] in 1969–74.<ref>[http://nriinternet.com/INDIA/States/Punjab/A_Z/B/Harcharan_Brar/index.htm Mr. Brar cremated with full State Honour’s at his native village]</ref> He served as the [[Governor of Odisha]] from February 1977 to September 1977, and [[Governor of Haryana]] from 24 September 1977 to 9 December 1979.<ref name="dna"/> He took over as Chief Minister of Punjab on 31 August 1995 after the assassination of the chief minister Beant Singh in a bomb blast outside the Punjab and Haryana Secretariat in [[Chandigarh]]. He is credited{{Who|date= February 2014}} with the creation of Muktsar and Moga districts out of Faridkot district. He has also served as Minister of Irrigation and Power, and Minister of Health and Family Welfare.

==Death==
Brar died in Chandigarh on 6 September 2009 after a long illness at the age of 87 years.<ref name="dna">[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_former-haryana-governor-harcharan-singh-brar-dead_1287996 Former Haryana governor Harcharan Singh Brar dead]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Chief ministers from Indian National Congress]]


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