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'''Nihal Singh Takshak''' was a politician from the village of [[Bhagwi]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]] (now in [[Haryana]]), India. In 1939 he founded the [[Praja Mandal|Jind State Praja Mandal]] political party.<ref name=Chandra1982p120>{{cite book|last=Chandra|first=Jagdish |title=Freedom struggle in Haryana, 1919–1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=imYeAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2012-01-10|year=1982|publisher=Vishal|page=120}}</ref> He was first MLA from Jind following the election of 1937.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} He was also an Education Inspector with [[BITS Pilani|Birla Institute Pilani]]. He starting Basic Education school with help of [[Birla Trust]] in every village of Luharu- Jind state now district [[Bhiwani]].{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

Having served as a minister in the government of Jind,<ref name=Singh1991p24>{{cite book|author=Gursharan Singh|title=History of Pepsu: Patiala and East Punjab States Union, 1948–1956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UNuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate= 2012-01-10|year=1991|publisher=Konark Publishers |page=24}}</ref> Takshak was involved in the wrangling that resulted from the formation in 1948 of the short-lived state known as the [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]] (PEPSU). There were three organisations vying to hold the reins of power, being the [[Akali Dal]], [[Lok Sewak Dal]] and the Praja Mandal. The latter suffered from internal rivalries and Takshak – along with [[Zail Singh]], [[Seth Ram Nath]] and Harcharan Singh – were encouraged to split from it by forming the [[Pepsu Pradesh Congress Committee]]. They entered the government of [[Gian Singh Rarewala]], which was sworn in on 13 January 1949.<ref name=Mukherjee2004>{{cite book|first=Mridula |last=Mukherjee|title=Peasants in India's non-violent revolution: practice and theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7pUJ0qmvYDkC|accessdate=2012-01-10|year=2004 |page=295|publisher=Sage Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-9686-6}}</ref><ref name=Singh1991p120>{{cite book|author=Gursharan Singh|title=History of Pepsu: Patiala and East Punjab States Union, 1948–1956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UNuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate= 2012-01-10|year=1991|publisher=Konark Publishers |page=120}}</ref> He became Education and Finance minister for the new state.<ref name=Singh1991p24 /> Later, in 1953, he was among a group of MLAs who rebelled against the [[Indian National Congress]] government of Raghbir Singh, causing it to collapse and Rarewala once again to assume power.<ref name="Siwach1979p168">{{cite book|last=Siwach|first=J. R.|title=Politics of President's rule in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pi2OAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2012-01-10|year=1979|publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study|page=168}}</ref><ref name=Lal1972p3>{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Shiv|title=Indian elections since independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0s5AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2012-01-10|year=1972|publisher=Election Archives|page=3}}</ref> ''[[The Hindu]]'' has said that he was the first example of a politician changing allegiance in India.<ref>{{cite news |title='Desi' shades to U.S. elections |first=K. K. |last=Katyal |date=10 November 2000 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/10/stories/05101348.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906233617/http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/10/stories/05101348.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2012 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2012-01-10}}</ref> The action was later to stigmatise him.<ref name=Lal1972p3 />

He founded Birhi teacher training school and Art craft teacher training in Arya Hindi Maha Vidyalaya [[Charkhi Dadri]].{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

A statue in his honour was unveiled at Bhagwi in 2007.<ref name=Tribune20070108>{{cite news |newspaper=The Tribune |location=Chandigarh |title=Hooda announces Rs 16-crore railway overbridge at Dhani |first=Shiv |last=Sharma |date=8 January 2007 |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070108/haryana.htm |accessdate=2012-01-10}}</ref>

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