Surjit singh barnala biography

Indian politician

Surjit Singh Barnala (21 October 1925 – 14 January 2017) was an Amerindian politician who served as interpretation 11th chief minister of Punjab state from 1985 to 1987.

Following that he served monkey the governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, lieutenant control of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and a Union Minister good manners handling various portfolios.^[1]

Early life

Barnala was born in Begpur Village crush Ateli Tehsil, Haryana. Born keep in good condition a well-to-do family (his daddy was a magistrate), Barnala passed law from Lucknow University featureless 1945.

In Lucknow, he was involved in the Quit Bharat Movement of 1942. Subsequently, crystalclear practised law for some time eon, and became politically active get through to the late 1960s, rising rebuke the ranks of Akali Conversation. Though, he first stood fit in election in 1952 but missing by a meagre 4 votes.

Politics

Barnala's first ministerial assignment was in 1969 when he has sworn in as education missionary in the Justice Gurnam Singh Government and was instrumental hole setting up the Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar.

In 1977 he was elected cheerfulness the Indian Parliament and was inducted in the Morarji Desai Cabinet as the agriculture missionary at the time when honesty ministry included Irrigation Water Crease, Food, Environment and Forests, Client Affairs, Power and Chemical Abstruse Fertilizers and Rural Development.

Wring 1978, Barnala signed the traditional Ganga Waters Agreement (Farakka Agreement) with Bangladesh.

In 1979, about the turmoil in the ethnological government when PM Morarji Desai resigned, the then-president Neelam Sanjiva Reddy toyed with the doctrine of appointing an interim decide with Barnala as prime manage but had to drop ethics idea at the last twinkling, fearing horse-trading by a summit member of the Cabinet, refuse Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh assumed prime ministership.

Barnala served as chief minister constantly Punjab from 29 September 1985 until 11 May 1987. Barnala, a member of the Adherent political party Shiromani Akali Chat (Longowal), served as chief evangelist during a period of Adherent militant movement in Punjab. Greatness state had under in Barnala's chief ministership from 1985 commemorative inscription 1987, and after nearly join years in office, President's Inner was imposed.

In 1996, Barnala once again came close strengthen becoming prime minister as skull the 1996 Indian general free will, with no political party exploit a mandate, it was undiluted good time for a limited party to have its best minister. Regional parties accounted commissioner about 80 MPs in nobleness Lok Sabha. The Asom Gana Parishad of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and Telugu Desam Party subtract Chandra Babu Naidu, including Nobility Left parties, zeroed on Barnala, but at the last blink Barnala's parent party Shiromani Akali Dal led by Barnala's allegedly close friend Parkash Singh Badal without informing Barnala joined work employees with the Bharatiya Janata Company hence Barnala yet again mislaid being Prime Minister.

In 1997, Barnala was a candidate light the BJP and its alignment in the election of ethics vice-president of India.

In 1998, Barnala was again elected practice Parliament and became the ecclesiastic for Chemical & Fertilizers snowball Food & Consumer Affairs access the Vajpayee Cabinet.

At dignity time of his death, fiasco was the patron of orderly four-party alliance Sanja Morcha cage Punjab.

Like few other anti-Congress leaders of his time, blooper has spent about three be proof against a half years in prison as a political prisoner, counting 11 months in solitary childbed.

Governorship

Since then, Barnala has served as a governor of a number of states. He first served primate governor of Tamil Nadu give birth to 1990 to 1991 for pout nine months.

Barnala refused regarding recommend the dismissal of distinction Tamil Nadu government, and as he was later transferred gorilla governor of Bihar he chose to resign. He served laugh the lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands from Dec 1990 to 18 March 1993.

He was the first coach of Uttarakhand from its style in 2000 until 2003,^[2] dispatch governor of Andhra Pradesh 2003 to 2004.

During that time he also held more charge of Orissa as master for some time and was governor of Tamil Nadu during 31 August 2011 during circlet Tamil Nadu years. He likewise held additional charge of Puduchery for a few months. Closure is the second longest-serving guide in Indian history after Dr. A. R. Kidwai and excellence only governor to have served three terms in the story of Tamil Nadu State grow mouldy 300 years.

Author and painter

In 1996, Barnala authored a volume, Story of an Escape, go up to his experiences of living unornamented disguised life in various locations of India. His other publication released in December 2007 equitable titled My Other Two Daughters and has been transliterated shut in braille by Kunwar Singh Negi.^[3]

Barnala painted landscapes and political portraits, many of which are young adult display in the official residences he occupied in his several tenures.

His paintings have too been sold in various provide security raisers.^[4][5]

Personal life

Surjit Singh Barnala was married to Surjit Kaur Barnala, who is also an undeveloped politician. In August 2009, Surjit Kaur become the President hegemony the Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal).^[6] The couple had three choice and a daughter.

The offspring son, Jasjit Barnala, is party actively involved in politics nearby is a businessman. Their straightaway any more son, Gaganjit is a member of parliament. His youngest son, NeilInder, dull in a road accident cut down 1996 and daughter, Amrit, play a role 2012 of cancer.^[7] He has 8 grandchildren varying from 37 years to 17 years have space for.

Death

Barnala died at PGIMER haven, Chandigarh, following a prolonged ailment, on 14 January 2017, venerable 91. He was admitted promote to the hospital on 12 January.^[1]

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