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| Office | Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
|---|---|
| Office | Governor of Gujarat |
| Office | 19th Minister of Agriculture |
| Office | Speaker of the Lok Sabha |
| Office | Leader of Opposition of the Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| Term start | 20 July 2004 |
| Term end | 19 July 2009 |
| Predecessor | Lt. Gen. K. M. Seth (Acting) |
| Successor | Rameshwar Thakur |
| Predecessor | Kailashpati Mishra |
| Successor | Nawal Kishore Sharma
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| Born | 1923-8-23 |
| Born | Panjkosi, Punjab, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age[1] |
| Place of death | Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Indian National Congress
|
| Children | Sunil Jakhar, Sajjan Jakhar, Suriender Jakhar
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Balram Jakhar (23 August 1923 – 3 February 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Early life and education
Jakhar was born in a Punjabi Hindu Jat family in Panjkosi village of Fazilka district in Punjab now in Fazilka on 23 August 1923. His father was Chaudhari Rajaram Jakhar and his mother Patodevi Jakhar. His elder son, Sajjan Kumar Jakhar, is a former Punjab minister and his youngest, Sunil Jakhar is three time MLA from Abohar and became Leader of the Opposition in Punjab in March 2012 and Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur and became PPCC President in 2017.
Jakhar earned a degree in Sanskrit from Forman Christian College, Lahore, in 1945. He had knowledge of English, Punjabi, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi languages.
Politician
Jakhar was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1972 and was re-elected in 1977 becoming the Leader of the Opposition.
He was elected to the seventh Lok Sabha from Ferozepur in 1980 and re-elected to the eighth Lok Sabha from Sikar in 1984. He served twice as Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989, a rare achievement in Indian parliament history, thus became the longest speaker of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament). As Speaker of Lok Sabha he was an instrument for automation and computerization of Parliamentary works. He promoted Parliament library, reference, research, documentation and information services for the knowledge and use of members of Parliament. The establishment of Parliament Museum was his contribution. He was first Asian to be elected as Chairman of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Executive Forum.
He became the Central Agriculture minister in 1991 in INC govt headed by P. V. Narasimha Rao.
He was Governor of Madhya Pradesh state from 30 June 2004 to 30 May 2009.[2]
References
- ↑ Balram Jakhar passes away. The Hindu(4 February 2016).
- ↑ Official Webpage on Loksabha Website. National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
External links
- {{{title}}}(4 April 2005). Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- IFFCO chairman Surinder Jakhar shot dead accidentally. Archive.is(15 July 2011). Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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