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| name = Bali Ram Bhagat<br />
| image = File:Nicolae Ceauşescu and B.R. Bhagat (cropped).png<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|10|07|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar Province|Bihar]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|01|02|1922|10|07|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = <br />
| office = 11th [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Governor of Rajasthan]]<br />
| term_start = 30 June 1993<br />
| term_end = 1 May 1998<br />
| predecessor = [[Dhanik Lal Mandal]] {{small|(Additional charge)}}<br />
| successor = [[Darbara Singh]]<br />
| office1 = [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|8th Governor]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
| term_start1 = 11 February 1993<br />
| term_end1 = 29 June 1993<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Surendra Nath]] {{small|(Additional charge)}}<br />
| successor1 = [[Gulsher Ahmed]]<br />
| order2 = [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|13th External Affairs Minister]] of [[India]]<br />
| term_start2 = 25 September 1985<br />
| term_end2 = 12 May 1986<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br />
| successor2 = [[P. Shiv Shankar]]<br />
| order3 = 6th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start3 = 15 Jan 1976<br />
| term_end3 = 25 Mar 1977<br />
| deputy3 = [[G.G. Swell]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[G. S. Dhillon]]<br />
| successor3 = [[N. Sanjiva Reddy]]<br />
| spouse = {{Marriage|Vidya Bhagat|1944}}<br />
| children = 2 (1 son and 1 daughter)<br />
| father = Ham Rup Bhagat<br />
| mother = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Bali Ram Bhagat''' (7 October 1922 – 2 January 2011) was an Indian politician and member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). He has served as [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] (MP) in [[Lok Sabha]] representing [[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna-cum-Shahabad]] from 1952 to 1957 and [[Shahabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Shahabad]] (Arrah) from 1957 to 1977. Bhagat has also served as the 6th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and 13th [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Foreign Minister]] of India.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
BR Bhagat was born into a wealthy [[Yadav]] family in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]] on 7 October 1922. His family was originally from Dashara village in [[Samastipur district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/story-when-baliram-bhagat-defeated-2456354.html |title=When Bali Ram Bhagat was defeated by his own people |work=Hindustan |date=22 March 2019 }}</ref> He joined the Indian National Congress in 1939 during the [[Indian independence movement]] and participated in the [[Quit India movement]]. He received a bachelor's degree from [[Patna College]] and obtained a master's degree in economics from [[Patna University]].<ref name="death">{{cite news|title=Former Lok Sabha Speaker Baliram Bhagat passes away|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Former-Lok-Sabha-Speaker-Baliram-Bhagat-passes-away/article15503979.ece |work=The Hindu|date=January 3, 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
After independence, Bali Ram Bhagat served as the Member of Parliament (MP) from [[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna-cum-Shahabad]] in the [[1st Lok Sabha]] (1952-1957) and then [[Shahabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Shahabad]] for four terms (1957-1977).<ref name="spkLS">{{cite web |title=The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha |url=http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/frmspeaker.asp |website=speakerloksabha.nic.in |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> Bhagat lost his seat to [[Chandradeo Prasad Verma]] in the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 general election]], where the Congress lost power in India for the first time.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_II_LS77.pdf] p.95</ref> He won as MP from [[Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency|Sitamarhi]] in 1980 and [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]] in 1984.<br />
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Between 1963 and 1967, Bhagat served as the Minister of State for Planning as well as Finance. He was a Minister in the Ministry of Defence for a short period in 1967 before he became the Minister of State for External Affairs in the same year. Bhagat became a member of the cabinet in 1969 when he was appointed the Minister of Foreign Trade and Supply. Later, he was the Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering for a period of eight months.<ref name="spkLS"/><br />
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Bhagat served as the [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]] from 1976 to 1977, during the turbulent final year of [[Indira Gandhi]]’s first reign as prime minister.<ref name="spkLS"/> He served as Minister for External Affairs of India under Indira's son, [[Rajiv Gandhi]], from 1985 to 1986.Baliram Bhagat lost the Lok Sabha elections in 1989 and 1991. Following these defeats, the Congress compensated it by appointing him as [[Governor of Rajasthan]] (1993–1998), and he also served briefly as [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]](1993).After the end of his term as Governor in 1998, he continued his involvement in public life.<br />
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As his political successor, he supported his nephew, namely, Nawal Kishore Choudhary who was a local village chief (mukhiya) for several decades from Bharko panchayat falling under Amarpur legislative assembly and was nominated as a Congress candidate in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from [[Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency]] but unfortunately lost.<br />
Bali Ram Bhagat died in New Delhi on 2 January 2011.<ref name="death"/><br />
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== Positions held ==<br />
Bali Ram Bhagat has served seven times as [[Lok Sabha]] MP.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/614.htm |title=Member Profile: 8th Lok Sabha |work=Lok Sabha |access-date=7 October 2022 }}</ref> <br />
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He lost the [[6th Lok Sabha|6th]] and [[9th Lok Sabha]]<br />
election from [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]] in 1977 and 1989 respectively. Bhagat also lost the [[10th Lok Sabha]] election from [[Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency|Samastipur]] in 1991.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Party<br />
|-<br />
| 1. || 1952 || 1957 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (1st term) in [[1st Lok Sabha]] from [[Patna Lok Sabha constituency|Patna-cum-Shahabad]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2. || 1957 || 1962 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (2nd term) in [[2nd Lok Sabha]] from [[Shahabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Shahabad]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3. || 1962 || 1967 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (3rd term) in [[3rd Lok Sabha]] from [[Shahabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Shahabad]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4. || 1967 || 1971 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (4th term) in [[4th Lok Sabha]] from [[Shahabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Shahabad]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| 5. || 1971 || 1977 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (5th term) in [[5th Lok Sabha]] from [[Shahabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Shahabad]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| 6. || 1980 || 1984 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (6th term) in [[7th Lok Sabha]] from [[Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency|Sitamarhi]] || [[Indian National Congress (U)|INC (U)]]<br />
|-<br />
| 7. || 1984 || 1989 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (7th term) in [[8th Lok Sabha]] from [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]] || [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|}<br />
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'''Note''' <br />
* The ''Patna-cum-Shahabad'' constituency was renamed as ''Shahabad'' constituency in the [[2nd Lok Sabha]] (1957).<br />
* The ''Shahabad'' constituency was renamed as ''Arrah'' constituency in the [[6th Lok Sabha]] (1977).<br />
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