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{{Infobox Politician
| name = Gurdial Singh Dhillon
| image =
| imagesize =
| birth_date ={{birth date|1915|8|6|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Amritsar]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date ={{death date and age|1992|3|23|1915|8|6|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| office = [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Minister for Agriculture]]
| term_start = 12 May 1986
| term_end = 14 February 1988<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/former/Gsdhillon.asp The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha]</ref>
| primeminister = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = 5th [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]]
| term_start2 = 8 August 1969
| term_end2 = 19 March 1971<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/frmspeaker.asp The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha]</ref>
|deputy2 = [[G.G. Swell]]
| predecessor2 = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| successor2 = '''himself'''
| term_start3 = 22 March 1971
| term_end3 = 1 December 1975<ref name=autogenerated1 />
|deputy3 = [[G.G. Swell]]
| predecessor3 = '''himself'''
| successor3 = [[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
| alma_mater = [[Punjab University Law College]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]<br />[[Diplomat]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon''' (6 August 1915 – 23 March 1992) was an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress]] party. He served as the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] twice, President of the [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]] (1973–76)<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/International_Organizations.html International Organizations. worldstatesmen.org.]</ref> and Indian [[High Commissioner]] to [[Canada]] (1980–82).<ref name=autogenerated2 />

==Early life==

On 6 August 1915, Gurdial Singh Dhillon was born in the [[Panjwar]]
, some 20 kilometres west of [[Amritsar]] city in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] into a [[Dhillon]] [[Jat]] family, He was descendants of [[Bhangi misl]] rulers. He studied at [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]] and [[Government College, Lahore]] before graduating in Law from [[Punjab University Law College]] in [[Lahore]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.winentrance.com/general_knowledge/g-s-dhillon.html|title=Biography of G.S Dhillon|first=|date=2011-03-19|website=Winentrance|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref> He played an active role in the [[Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha]] rebellion in 1947.<ref>Mukherjee, Mridula; ''Peasants in India's Non-violent Revolution: Practice and Theory'' p. 233; Sage 2004 {{ISBN|0-7619-9686-9}}</ref>

==Political career==

Dhillon was a member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] (1952–1967), where he was its Deputy Speaker (1952–54) and its Speaker (1954–62).<ref>http://punjabgovt.nic.in/government/PunjabLegistature.htm#Speakers%20of%20Punjab%20Legislative%20Assembly</ref> In 1967 he was first elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower House of the [[Indian Parliament]] representing [[Tarn Taran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tarn Taran]] parliamentary constituency.<ref>http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf</ref> He was elected from [[Firozpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Firozpur]] in 1985.<ref name=":2" />

Dhillon served two terms as [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]] ([[4th Lok Sabha|1969–71]] and [[5th Lok Sabha|1971–75]]) and was [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Minister of Agriculture]] in the [[Indian Government]] (1986–1988).<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB728C9B168F15D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Mercury News: Search Results]</ref> Regarding his time in Parliament, his biography on the Lok Sabha website expresses the following: {{quote|A man of uncompromising principles, he considered the institution of Parliament to be the temple of democracy and as such had great respect for the House and its traditions and conventions. The rare ability to quickly assess the mood of the House and a pragmatic approach helped him discharge the onerous responsibility of the office of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha in a dignified way. Dhillon's election as the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Council of the [[Inter-Parliamentary Union|IPU]] was at once a great honour for himself and also for the people and the Parliament of India.<ref name=autogenerated2 />}}

With Kartar Singh, he co-authored a series of eight children's books in the early 1970s entitled 'Stories from Sikh History'.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aomeAAAACAAJ&dq=Stories+from+Sikh+history Stories from Sikh History - Kartar Singh, Gurdial S. Dhillon - Google Boeken]</ref>

Having undergone [[Coronary artery bypass surgery|heart bypass surgery]], Dr. Dhillon died at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences]], [[New Delhi]] on 23 March 1992 following a heart attack.<ref>http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls10/ses3/0124039201.htm</ref>

==See also==
* [[Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/entity/gurdial-singh-dhillon Gurdial Singh Dhillon materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)]
*[https://www.thehindu.com/archives/the-woes-of-lok-sabha-speaker/article30169963.ece The woes of Lok Sabha Speaker: A graphic account of the Speaker’s woes was given by Mr. G.S. Dhillon]

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