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	'''Bali Ram Bhagat''' (7 October 1922 – 2 January 2011) was an Indian politician and member of the [[Indian National Congress]].		'''Bali Ram Bhagat''' (7 October 1922 – 2 January 2011) was an Indian politician and member of the [[Indian National Congress]].

	Bhagat was born into a wealthy family in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]] in October 1922. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1939 during the [[Indian independence movement]] and participated in the [[Quit India movement]]. He received a bachelor's degree from [[Patna College]] and obtained a master's degree in economics from [[Patna University]].<ref name="death">{{cite news\|title=Former Lok Sabha Speaker Baliram Bhagat passes away\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/former-lok-sabha-speaker-baliram-bhagat-passes-away/article1025159.ece\|publisher=The Hindu\|date=January 3, 2011}}</ref>		Bhagat was born into a wealthy [https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/patna-loksabha-elections-2019-arrah-lok-sabha-seat-direct-fight-between-rk-singh-and-raju-yadav-nodat-1941166.html Yadav] family in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]] in October 1922. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1939 during the [[Indian independence movement]] and participated in the [[Quit India movement]]. He received a bachelor's degree from [[Patna College]] and obtained a master's degree in economics from [[Patna University]].<ref name="death">{{cite news\|title=Former Lok Sabha Speaker Baliram Bhagat passes away\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/former-lok-sabha-speaker-baliram-bhagat-passes-away/article1025159.ece\|publisher=The Hindu\|date=January 3, 2011}}</ref>

	After independence, he served as the Member of Parliament from [[Arrah (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Arrah]] for six terms including the first five terms (1952-1977 & 1984-1989).<ref name="spkLS">{{cite web \|title=The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha \|url=http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/frmspeaker.asp \|website=speakerloksabha.nic.in \|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> Bhagat lost his seat to [[Chandradeo Prasad Verma]] in the [[1977 Indian general election\|1977 general election]], where the Congress lost power in India for the first time.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_II_LS77.pdf] p.95</ref>		After independence, he served as the Member of Parliament from [[Arrah (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Arrah]] for six terms including the first five terms (1952-1977 & 1984-1989).<ref name="spkLS">{{cite web \|title=The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha \|url=http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/frmspeaker.asp \|website=speakerloksabha.nic.in \|accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> Bhagat lost his seat to [[Chandradeo Prasad Verma]] in the [[1977 Indian general election\|1977 general election]], where the Congress lost power in India for the first time.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_II_LS77.pdf] p.95</ref>

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bali Ram Bhagat
| image = File:Nicolae Ceauşescu and B.R. Bhagat (cropped).png
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|10|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar Province|Bihar]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|01|02|1922|10|07|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| residence =
| office = [[Governor of Rajasthan]]
| term_start = 30 June 1993
| term_end = 1 May 1998
| predecessor = [[Dhanik Lal Mandal]] {{small|(Additional charge)}}
| successor = [[Darbara Singh]]
| office1 = [[List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh|8th Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]
| term_start1 = 11 February 1993
| term_end1 = 29 June 1993
| predecessor1 = [[Surendra Nath]] {{small|(Additional charge)}}
| successor1 = [[Gulsher Ahmed]]
| order2 = [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]
| term_start2 = 25 September 1985
| term_end2 = 12 May 1986
| predecessor2 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| successor2 = [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| order3 = 6th [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 1976
| term_end3 = 1977
|deputy3 = [[G.G. Swell]]
| predecessor3 = [[G. S. Dhillon]]
| successor3 = [[N. Sanjiva Reddy]]}}

'''Bali Ram Bhagat''' (7 October 1922 – 2 January 2011) was an Indian politician and member of the [[Indian National Congress]].

Bhagat was born into a wealthy family in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]] in October 1922. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1939 during the [[Indian independence movement]] and participated in the [[Quit India movement]]. He received a bachelor's degree from [[Patna College]] and obtained a master's degree in economics from [[Patna University]].<ref name="death">{{cite news|title=Former Lok Sabha Speaker Baliram Bhagat passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/former-lok-sabha-speaker-baliram-bhagat-passes-away/article1025159.ece|publisher=The Hindu|date=January 3, 2011}}</ref>

After independence, he served as the Member of Parliament from [[Arrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arrah]] for six terms including the first five terms (1952-1977 & 1984-1989).<ref name="spkLS">{{cite web |title=The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha |url=http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/frmspeaker.asp |website=speakerloksabha.nic.in |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> Bhagat lost his seat to [[Chandradeo Prasad Verma]] in the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 general election]], where the Congress lost power in India for the first time.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_II_LS77.pdf] p.95</ref>

Between 1963 and 1967, Bhagat served as the Minister of State for Planning as well as Finance. He was a Minister in the Ministry of Defence for a short period in 1967 before he became the Minister of State for External Affairs in the same year. Bhagat became a member of the cabinet in 1969 when he was appointed the Minister of Foreign Trade and Supply. Later, he was the Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering for a period of eight months.<ref name="spkLS"/>

Bhagat served as the [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]] from 1976 to 1977, during the turbulent final year of [[Indira Gandhi]]’s first reign as prime minister.<ref name="spkLS"/> He served as Minister for External Affairs of India under Indira's son, [[Rajiv Gandhi]], from 1985 to 1986. He was [[governor of Himachal Pradesh]] briefly during 1993, and [[governor of Rajasthan]] from 1993 to 1998. Bali Ram Bhagat died in New Delhi on 2 January 2011.<ref name="death"/>

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