Bansi Lal

Bansi Lal (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006) was an Indian Hindu Jat independence activist, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana and considered by many to be the architect of modern Haryana.

Lal was elected to the State Assembly seven times, the first time in 1967.

He served three separate terms as Chief Minister of Haryana: 1968–75, 1985–87, and 1996–99. Bansi Lal was considered a close confidante of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi during the Emergency era of 1975 -1977.

He served as the Defence Minister from December 1975 to March 1977, and had a brief stint as a Minister Without Portfolio in the Union government in 1975. He also held the Railways and Transport portfolios.

He set up Haryana Vikas Party after parting ways with the Indian National Congress in 1996.

Early Life

He was born in Golagarh village in Bhiwani district of Haryana in a Hindu Jat family.

Education

Bansi Lal studied at the Punjab University Law College, Jalandhar. In 1972, the Kurukshetra University and the Haryana Agricultural University awarded him honorary degrees of Doctor of Law and Doctor of Science respectively.

Bansi

Bansi is a city and a municipal board in Siddharthnagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India (not to be confused with Baansi).

Overview

The city Bansi is situated at a distance of 52 km from the Basti and 90 km from Gorakhpur. It was the first developed town of the Siddharthnagar district. Before Naugarh (Sidharthnagar) was declared as a new district, the proposed name of the new district of Naugarh was 'Madhavnagar'. The local municipal corporation tried to do everything possible for the development of Bansi. At that time this was an all-purpose hub for the area covered by three districts Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar and Gorakhpur.Bansi is known for its educational hub having well known schools & colleges e.g. Ratan Sen Inter & degree college, Tilak Inter College, Jnv Basantpur, and other private school e.g. Saraswati vidya mandir, SPRV, NPIV, Eton English Medium school, Little Flower, Gurukul etc. & having private polytechnic and one Government Polytechnic (under construction) and DIET. The nearest railway station is Naugarh which is 22 km from Bansi. It is on the gonda-gorakhpur loop line but due to efforts of honr. MP Jagdambika Pal, it is being converted into broad gauge line. Another railway station other than Naugarh is basti which is well connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, etc.

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