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'''Bhan Singh Bhaura''' (4 September 1934 – 3 January 2004) was an Indian politician.<ref name="a"/> He was a leader of the [[Communist Party of India]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="a">''Deccan Herald''. ''[http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan032004/update3.asp CPI leader Bhan Singh Bhaura dead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220606/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan032004/update3.asp |date=12 May 2014 }}''</ref> He served as a member of the National Executive of the CPI as well as president for the [[Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union]].<ref name="a"/> He was also a Punjab State Executive member of CPI.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) in 1971 and 1999 from the [[Bhatinda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhatinda seat]]. He was elected to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] twice as well.<ref name="a"/>

==Student activism==
Bhaura hailed from a poor peasant family in village Niamatpur Near Amargarh [[Sangrur district]].<ref name="a"/> He was the son of Sadhu Singh.<ref name="l">Lok Sabha. ''[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=57 Bhaura,Shri Bhan Singh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220928/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=57 |date=12 May 2014 }}''</ref> Bhaura became politically active in the student movement, serving as secretary of the Punjab branch of the [[All India Students Federation]] and president of the [[All India Youth Federation]] in Punjab.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} He obtained a B.A. degree from Govt Ripudaman College Nabha [[Panjab University]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} During the colonial period, he took part in the struggle for Indian independence as well being active in the peasant movement.<ref name="a"/>

==Legislator==
He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1962, from the [[Dhuri Assembly Constituency|Dhuri]] (SC) seat.<ref name="e1962">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Punjab_1962.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB]''</ref> Bhaura obtained 20,658 votes (49.08% of the votes in the constituency), defeating the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], [[Jan Sangh]] and [[Swatantra Party|Swatantra]] candidates in the fray.<ref name="e1962"/> He became the acting president of the Punjab Dihati Mazdoor Sabha (agricultural workers' union).<ref name="(Master)1980">{{cite book|author=Hari Singh (Master)|title=Agricultural Workers' Struggle in Punjab|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edMsAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=People's Publishing House|page=24}}</ref> In the 1967 election, he was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the [[Bhadaur Assembly Constituency|Bhadaur]] (SC) seat. He obtained 14,748 votes (49.92%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Punjab%201967.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB]''</ref> Bhaura lost the Bhadaur seat in the 1969 election, finishing in third place with merely 430 votes (1.31%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/Statistical%20Report%20Punjab%201969.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB]''</ref>

==Parliamentarian==
He won the Bhatinda Lok Sabha seat in the [[1971 Indian general election|1971 general election]]. He obtained 138,092 votes (51.46%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1971 TO THE FIFTH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> Bhaura survived the 1973 crash of [[Indian Airlines Flight 440]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder, Vol. 19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mPVAAAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=K.7 K. Thomas at Recorder Press|page=cclxxxiv}}</ref>

==Later elections==
Bhaura lost the Bhatinda seat in the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 general election]]. He finished in third place with 62,639 votes (14.73%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1977 TO THE SIXTH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> This time the electoral contest in Bhatinda had been between Congress and [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] candidates, and Bhaura lost his deposit.<ref name="Prachand1977">{{cite book|author=S. L. M. Prachand|title=The Popular Upsurge and Fall of Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkcmAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Abhishek Publications|page=77}}</ref> He contested the Bhadaur assembly seat in 1985, finishing in third place with 7,932 votes (14.98%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReportPunjab1985.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB]''</ref>

==Return to the Lok Sabha==
Bhaura contested the Bhatinda seat in the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 general election]]. He finished in second place with 309,671 votes (45.66%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12TH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |date=20 October 2014 }}''</ref> He regained the Bhatinda Lok Sabha seat in the [[1999 Indian general election|1999 general election]]. He obtained 327,484 votes (50.34%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> His candidature was supported by Congress.<ref>Yes Punjab. ''[http://www.yespunjab.com/punjab/item/42331-if-harsimrat-loses-it-ll-be-beginning-of-the-end-of-badals-dynastic-rule-cpi If Harsimat loses, it'll be beginnings of the end of Badals' dynastic rule: CPI]''</ref> In the Lok Sabha he was a member of the Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests 1999-2000, and then a member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Communications 2000-2004.<ref name="l"/>

==Personal life==
Mr. Bhan Singh Bhaura’s father was Mr. Sadhu Singh Shoe Maker [[Ramdasia]] Sikh & mother Mrs. Sardhi. village Niamatpur Dist Sangrur tehsil Malerkotla Near Amargarh. Mr. Bhaura completed his graduation at Govt.Ripudaman College, Nabha, District. Patiala. He married on 13 November 1966 to Kaushalya Chaman. He is survived by a son Rajneek Bhaura who is a doctor and two daughters Dr.Rishma Bhaura and Reenu Bhaura.
He has two granddaughters: Jannat Deep Bhaura and Priya Raj Bhaura. Their son is married to Deepinder Kaur Rana who is an advocate. Their family hails from Malerkotla and currently lives in Bathinda, Punjab

==Survived From The Air Crash==
On 30 May 1973, Flight 440 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu to New Delhi. A Boeing 737 named Saranga was used for the flight. As Flight 440 approached Palam International Airport in driving dust and a rainstorm, the aircraft struck high tension wires during a NDB approach with visibility below minima. The aircraft crashed and caught fire. 48 of the 65 passengers and crew on board Flight 440 perished in the accident.[2] Rescue officials said the survivors were in the front of the aircraft.
Among the dead was Indian Minister of Iron and Steel Mines, Mohan Kumaramangalam. Kumaramangalam was a confidant of Indira Gandhi, who was India's Prime Minister at the time. According to Mehtab-Ud-Din, a Senior Punjabi Journalist & Writer, Mr. Bhan Singh Bhaura was also in the 'unfortunate' flight, but luckily he survived. Mr. Bhan Singh Bhaura was then an MP from Bathinda (Punjab) for 5th Lok Sabha (1971-1977) Seat. He was a committed CPI Member and he again was elected MP for 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004). When Mrs. Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, met the slightly injured Mr. Bhan Singh Bhaura on 31 May 1973 in a New Delhi Hospital, She said to him,"Mr. Bhaura, you have survived from an air crash, now you should believe in God." Mr. Bhaura replied instantaneously that those were perished in the air crash, all were firm believers in God. It is worth mentioning here that most of the Communists are supposed to be the atheists. Mr. Bhan Singh Bhaura himself told about it to Mr. Mehtab-Ud-Din.

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