1. Devi Lal was an Indian statesman and politician who briefly served as the deputy prime minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and again from 1990 to 1991.
20 Facts About Devi Lal
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Devi Lal twice became chief minister of Haryana and played an important role in the formation of the Haryana state in 1966.
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Devi Lal founded the Indian National Lok Dal in 1996.
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Devi Lal was born on 25 September 1914 in Teja Khera village of Sirsa district in present-day Haryana.
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Devi Lal was a student of "Dev Samaj Public High School Moga" in Moga during his 10th class, at that time was arrested at Congress office in 1930, he quit studies and joined freedom movement.
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Devi Lal took wrestling lesson at an Akhara in Badal village of Punjab.
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Devi Lal had four sons, Partap Singh, Om Prakash Chautala, Ranjit Singh and Jagdish Chander.
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Devi Lal's eldest son, Partap Singh, was an MLA from Indian National Lok Dal in the 1960s.
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Devi Lal was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was involved in the struggle for India's independence from the British Raj.
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Devi Lal left his studies unfinished to take part in the freedom movement.
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Devi Lal took part in the movement of 1932 and was kept in Sadar Delhi Thana.
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Devi Lal was arrested on 5 October 1942 and kept in jail for two years for taking part in the 1942 Quit India movement.
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Devi Lal was released from prison in October 1943 and he negotiated parole for his elder brother.
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Devi Lal was elected a member of the Punjab Assembly in 1952 and President of the Punjab Congress in 1956.
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Devi Lal played an active and decisive role in the formation of Haryana as a separate state.
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Devi Lal was elected on the Janata Party ticket from Bhattu Kalan and became the Chief Minister of Haryana.
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Devi Lal remained a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1982 and was a member of State assembly between 1982 and 1987.
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Devi Lal became the chief minister of Haryana for the second time.
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Devi Lal became deputy prime minister of the country from 1989 to 1991 in the non-Congress governments of VP Singh and Chandra Shekhar Devi Lal was elected to Rajya Sabha in August 1998.
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Devi Lal was cremated at Sangarsh Sthal on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi.