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. He was born in a family of Rajput caste.[1][2]

Thakur Ram Lal
Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
In office
28 January 1977 – 30 April 1977
Preceded byYashwant Singh Parmar
Succeeded byShanta Kumar
In office
14 February 1980 – 7 April 1983
Preceded byShanta Kumar
Succeeded byVirbhadra Singh
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
In office
15 August 1983 – 29 August 1984
Preceded byK. C. Abraham
Succeeded byShankar Dayal Sharma
Personal details
Born7 July 1929
Shimla, Punjab, British India
Died6 July 2002(2002-07-06) (aged 72)
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceShimla
OccupationPolitician

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 second 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[3]

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.[5]

References
  1. "Congress wants Dalit votes for Rajput CM in Himachal Pradesh". Velivada. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. "Rajputs Dominate Himachal Politics - divya himachal". Himachal news - Hindi news - latest Himachal news (in Hindi). 8 May 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. 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: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. 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: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "HP ex-CM Thakur Ramlal dead". Chandigarh: The Times of India. 8 July 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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