Thakur Ram Lal
Thakur Ram Lal (7 July 1929 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress in Himachal Pradesh.
Thakur Ram Lal | |
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| Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh | |
| In office 28 January 1977 – 30 April 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Yashwant Singh Parmar |
| Succeeded by | Shanta Kumar |
| In office 14 February 1980 – 7 April 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Shanta Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Virbhadra Singh |
| Governor of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 15 August 1983 – 29 August 1984 | |
| Preceded by | K. C. Abraham |
| Succeeded by | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1929 Shimla, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 6 July 2002 (aged 72) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Residence | Shimla |
| Occupation | Politician |
He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Jubbal Kotkhai constituency in 1957. Later, he was re-elected to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from the same constituency in 1962, 1967, 1977, 1980 and 1982.
He became the fourth Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh on 28 January 1977 and remained in office till 30 April 1977. He was the leader of opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from 29 June 1977 to 13 February 1980. He again became the Chief Minister of the state on 14 February 1980 and remained in office till 7 April 1983.[1]
Later, he served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 15 August 1983 to 29 August 1984. His name got etched in infamy, as he appointed the Finance minister of Andhrapradesh Mr. N Baskar Rao as Chief Minister, when the incumbent CM Mr. NT Rama rao was getting surgery in USA. This change was supposedly done at the behest of then Congress Leadership, even when Baskar rao had no more than 20% of MLAs supporting him. NTR returned to Andhra's capital one week later, but was adamantly denied justice by Ram Lal.[2] Then NTR launched massive campgaining against Ram Lal and Congress. 30 days later, President Zail singh dismissed Ram Lal, and 3 days later NT Rama rao again became Chief minister of Andhra.
He was also Minister of Science and technology.[1]
He died in Shimla following a massive cardiac arrest on 6 July 2002. His grandson, Rohit Thakur is an MLA from Jubbal-Kotkhai.
In addition, he is also Chief Whip in the state government.[3]
References
- October 21, Prabhu Chawla; April 30, 2013 ISSUE DATE:; June 4, 1983UPDATED:; Ist, 2014 16:42. "Thakur Ram Lal resigns as Himachal Pradesh CM to pave the way for Virbhadra Singh". India Today. Retrieved 17 August 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- July 18, Prabhu Chawla; August 31, 2013 ISSUE DATE:; June 19, 1983UPDATED:; Ist, 2014 10:37. "Timber smuggling case haunts former Himachal Pradesh CM Thakur Ram Lal". India Today. Retrieved 17 August 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "HP ex-CM Thakur Ramlal dead". Chandigarh: The Times of India. 8 July 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
