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{{short description|Indian politician (1932–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dhanik Lal Mandal
| image = Dhanik Lal Mandal Lok Sabha photo.jpg
| imagesize = 200
| caption =
| birth_date = 30 March 1932
| birth_place = Belha village, [[Darbhanga District|Darbanga]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province|Bihar]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = 13 November 2022 (aged 90)
| death_place =
| office = [[Governor of Haryana]]<ref name="GroverArora1996">{{cite book|author1=Verinder Grover|author2=Ranjana Arora|title=Encyclopaedia of India and her states: Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvZtAAAAMAAJ|access-date=21 October 2017|year=1996|publisher=Deep & Deep|isbn=978-81-7100-724-0|page=17|archive-date=14 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814070611/https://books.google.com/books?id=LvZtAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
| constituency =
| term =7 February
1990 -13 June
1995
| predecessor =[[Hari Anand Barari]]
| successor =[[Mahaveer Prasad]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]], [[Bihar]]
| term1 =1977-1984
| predecessor1 =[[Jagannath Mishra]]
| successor1 =G.S. Rajhans
| party =[[Janata Party]]
| religion =
| spouse =
| children = [[Bharat Bhushan Mandal]]
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = |
| year = |
| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2448.htm
}}

'''Dhanik Lal Mandal''' (30 March 1932<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmJmAAAAMAAJ&q=dhanik+lal+mandal+30+March+1932 | title=Reference India: Biographical Notes about Men & Women of Achievement of Today & Tomorrow | year=2005 | access-date=14 August 2023 | archive-date=14 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814070613/https://books.google.com/books?id=xmJmAAAAMAAJ&q=dhanik+lal+mandal+30+March+1932 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/former-haryana-governor-dhanik-lal-mandal-passes-away-450867|title=Former Haryana governor Dhanik Lal Mandal dies at 90 : The Tribune India|accessdate=11 March 2023|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125182554/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/former-haryana-governor-dhanik-lal-mandal-passes-away-450867|url-status=live}}</ref> – 13 November 2022) was an Indian politician from [[Bihar]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]] in [[Bihar]], twice in 1977 and 1980. He was a member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] (1967–74) and also a [[List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|speaker]] of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]], (1967–69).<ref name=bio>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2448.htm |title=7th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile |access-date=21 October 2017 |archive-date=21 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111836/http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2448.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Kumari">{{cite book|author=Arunima Kumari|title=Encyclopedia Of Bihar|date=19 January 2021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18MwBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA180|access-date=21 October 2017|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5048-390-9|pages=180–|archive-date=14 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814070613/https://books.google.com/books?id=18MwBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA180|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hunter2016">{{cite book|author=B. Hunter|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1993-94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=447JDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA733|access-date=21 October 2017|date=23 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27122-7|pages=733–|archive-date=14 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814070613/https://books.google.com/books?id=447JDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA733|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mandal remained the [[Governor of Haryana]] (7 Feb 1990–13 June 1995).<ref name="Haryana_Leg_Assembly">[http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Haryana.htm HARYANA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513091707/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Haryana.htm# |date=13 May 2017 }} [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]].</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120730084225/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19990301/ige01106.html Mandal for shunning caste system] [[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]], 1 March 1999.</ref> After his election to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] in 1977, he remained [[Minister of State]], Union [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] (1977–79) in the [[Morarji Desai Ministry]].<ref name=bio/>

Mandal was born at Belha Village, [[Madhubani district]], and attended Northbrook District School, [[Darbhanga]], Mithila College, Darbhanga, and [[Allahabad University]].<ref name=bio/> He died on 13 November 2022, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Madan |title=Dhanik Lal Mandal, former Haryana governor, ex-Union minister, passes away at 90 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/former-haryana-governor-and-ex-union-minister-dhanik-lal-mandal-passes-away-at-90/articleshow/95494288.cms |access-date=14 November 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=13 November 2022 |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114025339/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/former-haryana-governor-and-ex-union-minister-dhanik-lal-mandal-passes-away-at-90/articleshow/95494288.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> He was a member of Extremely Backward [[Dhanuk]] caste of Bihar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/bhagalpur/391692|title=
आह्वान. धानुक सम्मेलन में बोले पदम पराग वेणु, समाज के लोग हों एकजुट|website=Prabhat khabar|accessdate=9 October 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of governors of Haryana]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2448.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
{{Governors of Haryana}}
{{Governors of Rajasthan}}

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[[Category:University of Allahabad alumni]]
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[[Category:People from Madhubani district]]
[[Category:Samyukta Socialist Party politicians]]
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[[Category:Lok Dal politicians]]

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