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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Bhajan Lal Bishnoi was born on 6 October 1930 in the ~~Kotwali~~ village of [[British Raj\|British India]]'s [[Bahawalpur (princely state)\|Bahawalpur]] princely state, which is now in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal dies of heart attack \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-dies-of-heart-attack-457534 \|access-date=18 April 2016 \|work=[[NDTV]] \|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]\|date=3 June 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418101911/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-dies-of-heart-attack-457534 \|archive-date=18 April 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Haryana Vidhan Sabha: Who's who: 2000 \|url=http://www.hryvidhansabhahistory.com/who/2000.pdf \|publisher=[[Government of Haryana]] \|access-date=18 April 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418094042/http://www.hryvidhansabhahistory.com/who/2000.pdf\|archive-date=18 April 2016 \|page=40 \|format=PDF \|url-status=unfit}}</ref> He married Jasmadevi, with whom he had two sons - [[Chander Mohan Bishnoi]] and [[Kuldeep Bishnoi\|Kuldip Bishnoi]] and a daughter, Roshni. A farmer by profession, Lal started his political career by becoming a village ''[[sarpanch]]'' and later the chairman of ''pamnchayaity samiti'' of Hisar. He join the [[Indian National Congress\|Congress Party]], and became the president of the Congress Mandal in the region. He was elected to the Haryana Assembly for the first time in 1968 after winning the mid-term polls in Adampur.		Bhajan Lal Bishnoi was born on 6 October 1930 in the Koranwali village of [[British Raj\|British India]]'s [[Bahawalpur (princely state)\|Bahawalpur]] princely state, which is now in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal dies of heart attack \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-dies-of-heart-attack-457534 \|access-date=18 April 2016 \|work=[[NDTV]] \|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]\|date=3 June 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418101911/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-dies-of-heart-attack-457534 \|archive-date=18 April 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Haryana Vidhan Sabha: Who's who: 2000 \|url=http://www.hryvidhansabhahistory.com/who/2000.pdf \|publisher=[[Government of Haryana]] \|access-date=18 April 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418094042/http://www.hryvidhansabhahistory.com/who/2000.pdf\|archive-date=18 April 2016 \|page=40 \|format=PDF \|url-status=unfit}}</ref> He married Jasmadevi, with whom he had two sons - [[Chander Mohan Bishnoi]] and [[Kuldeep Bishnoi\|Kuldip Bishnoi]] and a daughter, Roshni. A farmer by profession, Lal started his political career by becoming a village ''[[sarpanch]]'' and later the chairman of ''pamnchayaity samiti'' of Hisar. He join the [[Indian National Congress\|Congress Party]], and became the president of the Congress Mandal in the region. He was elected to the Haryana Assembly for the first time in 1968 after winning the mid-term polls in Adampur.

	==Political career==		==Political career==
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	Lal was the chief minister of the Haryana state. His first term began on 28 June 1979. He was re-elected on May 23rd, 1982 serving until July 1985. His third term ran from 23 July 1991 to 11 May 1996. He also served as a union cabinet minister at the centre, holding the Agriculture and Environments and Forest portfolios during [[Rajiv Gandhi]]'s administration. When [[Indira Gandhi]] came to power in January 1980, Lal was serving as CM of [[Janata Party]] in [[Haryana]]; he immediately defected with the majority of the party's MLAs to Congress and continued as CM. This act revealed him as an opportunist and as an exemplar of 'आया राम गया राम' culture in which opportunist politicians show no loyalty.		Lal was the chief minister of the Haryana state. His first term began on 28 June 1979. He was re-elected on May 23rd, 1982 serving until July 1985. His third term ran from 23 July 1991 to 11 May 1996. He also served as a union cabinet minister at the centre, holding the Agriculture and Environments and Forest portfolios during [[Rajiv Gandhi]]'s administration. When [[Indira Gandhi]] came to power in January 1980, Lal was serving as CM of [[Janata Party]] in [[Haryana]]; he immediately defected with the majority of the party's MLAs to Congress and continued as CM. This act revealed him as an opportunist and as an exemplar of 'आया राम गया राम' culture in which opportunist politicians show no loyalty.

	The victory of the [[Indian National Congress]] in Haryana's 2005 elections caused a major rift in its state unit, as it opted to make [[Bhupinder Hooda]], a Jat, the Chief Minister instead of Lal.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bhajan Lal makes a turnaround\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/03/06/stories/2005030603290800.htm\|access-date=3 November 2010\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=6 March 2005\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819025821/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/03/06/stories/2005030603290800.htm\|archive-date=19 August 2010\|url-status=~~dead~~}}</ref> In 2007, Lal officially announced he would form a new party, called the [[Haryana Janhit Congress]]. The key event that brought this about was the suspension of his son Kuldeep Bishnoi from the Indian National Congress, for criticizing the party's central leaders.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bhajan Plans New Party\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Bhajan_plans_new_party/articleshow/1759573.cms\|access-date=3 November 2010\|newspaper=The Times of India\|date=14 March 2007}}</ref>		The victory of the [[Indian National Congress]] in Haryana's 2005 elections caused a major rift in its state unit, as it opted to make [[Bhupinder Hooda]], a Jat, the Chief Minister instead of Lal.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bhajan Lal makes a turnaround\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/03/06/stories/2005030603290800.htm\|access-date=3 November 2010\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=6 March 2005\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819025821/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/03/06/stories/2005030603290800.htm\|archive-date=19 August 2010\|url-status=usurped}}</ref> In 2007, Lal officially announced he would form a new party, called the [[Haryana Janhit Congress]]. The key event that brought this about was the suspension of his son Kuldeep Bishnoi from the Indian National Congress, for criticizing the party's central leaders.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bhajan Plans New Party\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Bhajan_plans_new_party/articleshow/1759573.cms\|access-date=3 November 2010\|newspaper=The Times of India\|date=14 March 2007}}</ref>

	===2009 Lok Sabha Elections===		===2009 Lok Sabha Elections===

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	\| name = Bhajanlal Bishnoi		\| name = Bhajanlal Bishnoi
	\|native_name = ~~भजनलाल बिश्नोई~~		\| native_name =
	\|native_name_lang= hi		\| native_name_lang = hi
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	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1930\|10\|6\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1930\|10\|6\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Bahawalpur district\|Kotwali]], [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br><small>(now in [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])</small>		\| birth_place = [[Bahawalpur district\|Kotwali]], [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br><small>(now in [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])</small>
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2011\|06\|03\|1930\|10\|6\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2011\|06\|03\|1930\|10\|6\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Hisar, Haryana]], [[India]]		\| death_place = [[Hisar, Haryana]], [[India]]
	\| office5 = [[Member of legislative assembly]]		\| office5 = [[Member of legislative assembly]]
	\| term5 = 1972 to 2005		\| term5 = 1972 to 2005
	\| constituency5 = Aadampur		\| constituency5 = Aadampur
	\| predecessor5 = H singh		\| predecessor5 = H singh
	\| successor5 = [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]]		\| successor5 = [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]]
	\| office1 = [[List of chief ministers of Haryana\| Chief Minister of Haryana]]		\| office1 = [[List of chief ministers of Haryana\| Chief Minister of Haryana]]
	\| term_start1 = 29 June 1979		\| term_start1 = 29 June 1979
	\| term_end1 = 5 July 1986		\| term_end1 = 5 July 1986
	\| constituency1 = Adampur		\| constituency1 = Adampur
	\| predecessor1 = [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]]		\| predecessor1 = [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]]
	\| successor1 = [[Bansi Lal]]		\| successor1 = [[Bansi Lal]]
	\| term_start2 = 23 July 1991		\| term_start2 = 23 July 1991
	\| term_end2 = 9 May 1996		\| term_end2 = 9 May 1996
	\| constituency2 = Adampur		\| constituency2 = Adampur
	\| predecessor2 = [[President's Rule]]		\| predecessor2 = [[President's Rule]]
	\| successor2 = Bansi Lal		\| successor2 = Bansi Lal
	\| constituency_MP3 = [[Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Karnal]]		\| constituency_MP3 = [[Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Karnal]]
	\| parliament3 = Indian		\| parliament3 = Indian
	\| term_start3 = 1998		\| term_start3 = 1998
	\| term_end3 = 1999		\| term_end3 = 1999
	\| predecessor3 = [[Ishwar Dayal Swami]]		\| predecessor3 = [[Ishwar Dayal Swami]]
	\| successor3 = Ishwar Dayal Swami		\| successor3 = Ishwar Dayal Swami
	\| constituency_MP4 = [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Hisar]]		\| constituency_MP4 = [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Hisar]]
	\| parliament4 = Indian		\| parliament4 = Indian
	\| term_start4 = 2009		\| term_start4 = 2009
	\| term_end4 = 2011		\| term_end4 = 2011
	\| predecessor4 = [[Jai Parkash]]		\| predecessor4 = [[Jai Parkash]]
	\| successor4 = [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]]		\| successor4 = [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]]
	\| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (1982–96) <br> [[Janata Party]] (1979–82) <br> [[Haryana Janhit Congress]]		\| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (1982–96) <br> [[Janata Party]] (1979–82) <br> [[Haryana Janhit Congress]]
	\| spouse = Jasmadevi Bishnoi		\| spouse = Jasmadevi Bishnoi
	\| children = [[Chander Mohan Bishnoi]]<br>[[Kuldeep Bishnoi]] <br>Roshni Bishnoi		\| children = [[Chander Mohan Bishnoi]]<br>[[Kuldeep Bishnoi]] <br>Roshni Bishnoi
	}}		}}
	'''~~Lal~~ Bishnoi''' (6 October 1930 – 3 June 2011) was a politician and three-time [[chief minister]] from the [[India]]n state of [[Haryana]]. He first became the Chief Minister in 1979, again in 1982, and again in 1991. He also served as the Union Agricultural Minister.		'''Bhajanlal Bishnoi''' (6 October 1930 – 3 June 2011) was a politician and three-time [[chief minister]] from the [[India]]n state of [[Haryana]]. He first became the Chief Minister in 1979, again in 1982, and again in 1991. He also served as the Union Agricultural Minister.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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| name = Bhajanlal Bishnoi
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| birth_place = [[Bahawalpur district|Kotwali]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] (now in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|06|03|1930|10|6|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Hisar, Haryana]], [[India]]
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| term5 = 1972 to 2005
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| predecessor5 = H singh
| successor5 = [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]]
| office1 = [[List of chief ministers of Haryana| Chief Minister of Haryana]]
| term_start1 = 29 June 1979
| term_end1 = 5 July 1986
| constituency1 = Adampur
| predecessor1 = [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]]
| successor1 = [[Bansi Lal]]
| term_start2 = 23 July 1991
| term_end2 = 9 May 1996
| constituency2 = Adampur
| predecessor2 = [[President's Rule]]
| successor2 = Bansi Lal
| constituency_MP3 = [[Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karnal]]
| parliament3 = Indian
| term_start3 = 1998
| term_end3 = 1999
| predecessor3 = [[Ishwar Dayal Swami]]
| successor3 = Ishwar Dayal Swami
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| parliament4 = Indian
| term_start4 = 2009
| term_end4 = 2011
| predecessor4 = [[Jai Parkash]]
| successor4 = [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (1982–96) [[Janata Party]] (1979–82) [[Haryana Janhit Congress]]
| spouse = Jasmadevi Bishnoi
| children = [[Chander Mohan Bishnoi]] [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]] Roshni Bishnoi
}}
'''Lal Bishnoi''' (6 October 1930 – 3 June 2011) was a politician and three-time [[chief minister]] from the [[India]]n state of [[Haryana]]. He first became the Chief Minister in 1979, again in 1982, and again in 1991. He also served as the Union Agricultural Minister.

==Early life==
Bhajan Lal Bishnoi was born on 6 October 1930 in the Kotwali village of [[British Raj|British India]]'s [[Bahawalpur (princely state)|Bahawalpur]] princely state, which is now in [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal dies of heart attack |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-dies-of-heart-attack-457534 |access-date=18 April 2016 |work=[[NDTV]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=3 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418101911/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-dies-of-heart-attack-457534 |archive-date=18 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Haryana Vidhan Sabha: Who's who: 2000 |url=http://www.hryvidhansabhahistory.com/who/2000.pdf |publisher=[[Government of Haryana]] |access-date=18 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418094042/http://www.hryvidhansabhahistory.com/who/2000.pdf|archive-date=18 April 2016 |page=40 |format=PDF |url-status=unfit}}</ref> He married Jasmadevi, with whom he had two sons - [[Chander Mohan Bishnoi]] and [[Kuldeep Bishnoi|Kuldip Bishnoi]] and a daughter, Roshni. A farmer by profession, Lal started his political career by becoming a village ''[[sarpanch]]'' and later the chairman of ''pamnchayaity samiti'' of Hisar. He join the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]], and became the president of the Congress Mandal in the region. He was elected to the Haryana Assembly for the first time in 1968 after winning the mid-term polls in Adampur.

==Political career==
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Lal was the chief minister of the Haryana state. His first term began on 28 June 1979. He was re-elected on May 23rd, 1982 serving until July 1985. His third term ran from 23 July 1991 to 11 May 1996. He also served as a union cabinet minister at the centre, holding the Agriculture and Environments and Forest portfolios during [[Rajiv Gandhi]]'s administration. When [[Indira Gandhi]] came to power in January 1980, Lal was serving as CM of [[Janata Party]] in [[Haryana]]; he immediately defected with the majority of the party's MLAs to Congress and continued as CM. This act revealed him as an opportunist and as an exemplar of 'आया राम गया राम' culture in which opportunist politicians show no loyalty.

The victory of the [[Indian National Congress]] in Haryana's 2005 elections caused a major rift in its state unit, as it opted to make [[Bhupinder Hooda]], a Jat, the Chief Minister instead of Lal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bhajan Lal makes a turnaround|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/03/06/stories/2005030603290800.htm|access-date=3 November 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|date=6 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819025821/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/03/06/stories/2005030603290800.htm|archive-date=19 August 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, Lal officially announced he would form a new party, called the [[Haryana Janhit Congress]]. The key event that brought this about was the suspension of his son Kuldeep Bishnoi from the Indian National Congress, for criticizing the party's central leaders.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bhajan Plans New Party|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Bhajan_plans_new_party/articleshow/1759573.cms|access-date=3 November 2010|newspaper=The Times of India|date=14 March 2007}}</ref>

===2009 Lok Sabha Elections===

Lal fought election from [[Hissar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hissar]] and defeated Sampat Singh, INLD leader by 6983 votes, Jai parkash of Congress came at third position in a high-profile battle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sampat-singh-quits-inld/662703|title=Sampat Singh Quits INLD|website=Outlook (India)|access-date=2020-01-05}}</ref>

==Death==
Bhajan Lal died on 3 June 2011 in [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]] following a [[heart attack]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bhajan Lal passes away |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article2074044.ece|access-date=4 June 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bhajan Lal, 80, dies of heart attack |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bhajan-Lal-80-dies-of-heart-attack/articleshow/8720275.cms|access-date=4 June 2011|newspaper=The Times of India|date=3 June 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Aaya Ram Gaya Ram]]
* [[Political families of Haryana|Dynastic politics of Haryana]]

==References==
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