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Gopi Chand Bhargava
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Office Chief Minister of Punjab




Office Leader of Opposition in Punjab Provincial Assembly
Term start 15 August 1947
Term end 13 April 1949
Predecessor Post Established
Successor Bhim Sen Sachar





Born 1889-3-08
Born Sarsa District, Punjab, British India
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Nationality Indian


Political party Indian National Congress






Gopi Chand Bhargava (8 March 1889 – 26 December 1966)[1] was the first Chief Minister of Punjab from 15 August 1947 to 13 April 1949, and again between 18 October 1949, to 20 June 1951, and for the third time as caretaker Chief Minister between 21 June 1964, and 6 July 1964.[2][3] He was a member of the Congress.[4][2]

Personal and family life

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He was born on 8 March 1889 in Sirsa district of Punjab province in British India. In the year 1912, he completed his M.B.B.S. degree from Medical College (Lahore) and then started the medical profession in 1913.[5]

His brother, Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava, was also an INC politician, former Member of parliament, freedom fighter, lawyer, founder of "Vidya Pracharini Sabha" and several schools and colleges including Thakur Dass Bhargava Senior Secondary Model School and Fateh Chand College for Women at Hisar.[6][7][8]

See also

References

  1. Eminent freedom fighters in Haryana{{#if:Juneja|, Juneja}. Modern Book Company(1981)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Current Issues and Trends in Centre-state Relations: A Global View{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Mittal Publications(1991). ISBN 978-81-7099-307-0
  3. List of Chief Ministers (CM) of Punjab. Maps of India.
  4. Archived copy.
  5. First CM of Punjab
  6. M. M. Juneja, 2004, "Hisar City: Places & Personalities", page 130, 311, 339, 77.
  7. Hisar Courts History
  8. Jugal Kishore Gupta, 1991, "History of Sirsa Town", Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi, page 261, 204.

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