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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | |||
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}} | |||
{{Infobox officeholder | |||
| name = Balram Das Tandon | |||
| image = Governor of Chhattisgarh Balram Das Tandon.jpg | |||
| caption = | |||
| order = 5th | |||
| office = Governor of Chhattisgarh | |||
| birth_date = 1 November 1927 | |||
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]],<ref>http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/aug/14/chattisgarh-governor-balram-das-tandon-dies-of-cardiac-arrest-1857749.html</ref> [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] | |||
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|08|14|1927|11|1|df=yes}} | |||
| death_place = [[Raipur]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]] | |||
| death_cause = Heart attack | |||
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | |||
| term_start = 25 July 2014 | |||
| term_end = 14 August 2018 | |||
| predecessor = [[Ram Naresh Yadav]] | |||
| successor = [[Anandiben Patel]]<br>{{small|(Additional Charge)}} | |||
| 1blankname = Chief Minister | |||
| 1namedata = [[Raman Singh]] | |||
| office1 = [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|1st Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab]] | |||
| term_start1 = 17 February 1969 | |||
| term_end1 = 26 March 1970 | |||
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | |||
| 1namedata1 = [[Gurnam Singh]] | |||
| predecessor1 = ''Office Established'' | |||
| successor1 = Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | |||
| native_name_lang = | |||
}} | |||
Tandon | '''Balram Das Tandon''' (1 November 1927 – 14 August 2018)<ref>{{cite news |title=CG : राज्यपाल बलराम दास टंडन का निधन, आज सुबह अस्पताल में किया था भर्ती |url=https://naidunia.jagran.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-chhattisgarh-governor-balram-das-tandon-passed-away-2517895 |accessdate=14 August 2018 |work=Nai Dunia}}</ref> was an Indian politician and the [[Governor of Chhattisgarh|Former Governor of Chhattisgarh]].<ref name="gov" /> In his adulthood for some years he was a [[RSS pracharak|pracharak]] of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS), and a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]].<ref name=HT/> | ||
==Political career== | |||
He was deputy chief minister in the Justice (retd) [[Gurnam Singh]] [[Akali Dal]]-[[Jan Sangh]] ministry in 1969-70. He also served as cabinet minister in 1977-79 and in 1997–2002 in the ministries headed by [[Parkash Singh Badal]]. Tandon was a founding member of the [[Jan Sangh]] in 1951, and served as secretary of Punjab Jan Sangh from 1951 to 1957, and as president of the Punjab BJP from 1995 to 1997. He was elected to [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] six times — five times from [[Amritsar]] in 1960,1962,1967,1969, and 1977, and once from [[Rajpura]] in 1997. He contested the Rajpura seat in 2002, but lost to [[Raj Khurana]] of the Indian National Congress. He was imprisoned in 1975 during the Emergency for 19 months.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140617131058/http://punjabkhabar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=926:old-horse-back-in-command-of-bjp-punjab&catid=25&Itemid=194&tmpl=component&type=raw]</ref> On 14 July 2014 he was named as the next [[Governor of Chhattisgarh]].<ref name="gov">{{cite web|title=New Governors of UP, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Nagaland named|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/07/governors-of-up-bengal-chhattisgarh-gujarat-and-nagaland-announced/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=14 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=HT> | |||
{{cite web |title=Balramji Dass Tandon-A veteran leader from RSS school |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=15 July 2014 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/balramji-dass-tandon-a-veteran-leader-from-rss-school/article1-1240494.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715084217/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/balramji-dass-tandon-a-veteran-leader-from-rss-school/article1-1240494.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2014 |accessdate=2014-10-10}} | |||
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==Family life== | |||
Tandon married Brijpal, who was also an activist in the freedom movement, in 1958. They had two daughters, Alka Kawatra and Poonam Batra, who reside in New Delhi, and one son, [[Sanjay Tandon]], who is also part of the political framework for [[BJP]], [[Chandigarh]]. | |||
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[[Category:1927 births]] | [[Category:1927 births]] | ||
[[Category:2018 deaths]] | [[Category:2018 deaths]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Punjabi people]] | ||
[[Category:Politicians from Amritsar]] | |||
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Punjab, India]] | |||
[[Category:Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians]] | |||
[[Category:Governors of Chhattisgarh]] | [[Category:Governors of Chhattisgarh]] | ||
[[Category:Indians imprisoned during the Emergency (India)]] | |||
[[Category:Deputy chief ministers of Punjab, India]] | |||
[[Category:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharaks]] | |||
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab]] | |||
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