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{{Short description|Indian tribal freedom fighter, poet and folk hero}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kala Badal
| image =
| caption =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| birth_name = Bhairav Lal Meena
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1918|09|04}}
| birth_place = Tumda, [[Baran district]], [[Rajasthan]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1997|4|20|1918|9|4}}
| death_place =
| nationality =
| father = Kaluram Meena
| mother = Dhanni Bai Meena
| occupation = Poet
| movement = [[Indian independence movement]]
| party = {{flagicon image|}} [[Janata Party]]
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]]
|module={{infobox officeholder|embed=yes
| office2 = Member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start5 = 1952
| term_end5 = 1957
| constituency5 = [[Khanpur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Khanpur]]
| term_start4 = 1957
| term_end4 = 1967
| constituency4 = Aklera
| term_start2 = 1977
| term_end2 = 1980
| constituency2 = [[Khanpur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Khanpur]]
| office1 = Minister of State for Ayurved, [[Government of Rajasthan]]
| term_start1 = 1978
| term_end1 = 1980
| successor =
| predecessor = }}}}

'''Bhairav Lal Meena''', popularly known as '''Kala Badal''', was an Indian [[Adivasi|tribal]] freedom fighter, poet,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=Anukrati |last2=Hassan |first2=Azizul |year=2019 |chapter=Literary tourism in the Indian sub-continent |editor-last1=Jenkins |editor-first1=Ian S. |editor-last2=Lund |editor-first2=Katrín Anna |title=Literary tourism: theories, practice and case studies |pages=133–139 |publisher=CABI |doi=10.1079/9781786394590.0133|isbn=9781786394590 |s2cid=199960836 }}</ref> politician<ref>{{cite book|year=1987|title=Social Change in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9ciAAAAMAAJ&q=minister+kala+badal|publisher=Universal Book Depot|page=49}}</ref> and folk hero who belonged to the [[Meena]] tribe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/rajasthan/jaipur-bhairav-lal-kala-badal-used-to-enthuse-the-revolutionaries-with-songs-jagran-special-22369717.html|title=जानें कौन थे हिंदी के महान क्रांतिकारी कवि 'काला बादल', जिनके नाम से कांप जाते थे अंग्रेज|website=Dainik Jagran}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/kota-news/bhairav-lal-kala-badal-awakening-freedom-with-songs-of-consciousness-1-1777277/|title=आजादी की स्वर्णिम पोथी के अनूठे जिल्दसाज: काला बादल | Bhairav Lal Kala badal Awakening freedom With songs of consciousness|date=September 4, 2017|website=Patrika News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=काला बादल की जयंती 4 को, होगा पुस्तक विमोचन व प्रतिभा सम्मान |url=https://www.patrika.com/kota-news/kala-badal-birth-anniversary-on-4th-of-september-1-1770651/}}</ref> He has been a member of the [[1952 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1st]], [[1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2nd]], [[1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|3rd]], [[1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|5th]] and [[1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|6th]] [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] and the Minister of State for Ayurveda in the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Basic Statistics, Rajasthan | year=1966 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gcvAAAAMAAJ |page=24}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Riyāsatī Rājapūtānā se janatāntrika Rājasthāna: katipaya aitihāsika dastāveja | year=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRRuAAAAMAAJ |page=286}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|year=1979|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B3a2AAAAIAAJ&q=minister+bhairav+lal|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=65|quote=Shri Bhairav Lal Kalabadal: Ayurveda (independent charge), Local-Self Government and Town Planning.}}</ref>

==Early life==
Kala Badal was born in Tumra village of [[Baran district]]. He was born in the [[Meena]] tribe to Kaluram Meena<ref>{{cite book|title=Rajasthan Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWMw99e0TbEC|page=9|quote=Bhairavlal Kala Badal S/O Shri Kalu Ram mem- ber Zila Parishad to have been elected as UP-PRAMUKH of the Zila Parishad Jhalawar.}}</ref> and Dhanni Bai Meena. He has studied till [[middle school]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/rajasthan/jaipur-bhairav-lal-kala-badal-used-to-enthuse-the-revolutionaries-with-songs-jagran-special-22369717.html|title=जानें कौन थे हिंदी के महान क्रांतिकारी कवि 'काला बादल', जिनके नाम से कांप जाते थे अंग्रेज|website=Dainik Jagran}}</ref>

==Political career==
Kala Badal started his political career by becoming a Zila Parishad member and in the same year he became the Deputy Chief of Jhalawar Zila Parishad.<ref>{{cite book|year=1960|title=Rajasthan Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWMw99e0TbEC|page=9|quote=Bhairavlal Kala Badal S/O Shri Kalu Ram mem- ber Zila Parishad to have been elected as UP-PRAMUKH of the Zila Parishad Jhalawar.}}</ref> He got the post of Ayurveda (Independent Charge), Local Self Government and Town Planning in the government of [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]].<ref>{{cite book|year=1979|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B3a2AAAAIAAJ&q=minister+bhairav+lal|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=65|quote=Shri Bhairav Lal Kalabadal: Ayurveda (independent charge), Local-Self Government and Town Planning.}}</ref>

==Positions held==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Position

|-
| 1951–57 || Member, First Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Khanpur
|-
| 1957–62 || Member, Second Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Aklera
|-
| 1962-67 || Member, Third Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Aklera
|-
| 1972-77 || Member, Fifth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Aklera
|-
| 1977-80 || Member, Sixth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Khanpur
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?165 Bhairavlal 'Kala Badal'], article at Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, an initiative of the Government of India
*[https://cmsadmin.amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?21525 Bhairulal Kala Badal]
*[https://rajasthanlink.com/VanuDetails/jhalawar/assembly-1/56948/bhairav-lal-kalabadal-mla Bhairav Lal Kalabadal (MLA)]

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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]
[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 1952–1957]]
[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 1962–1967]]
[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 1972–1977]]
[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 1977–1980]]
[[Category:People from Baran district]]

Bhairavlal Kala Badal - Revision history

MarkKapoor at 13:21, 2 July 2025