Balram jakhar biography
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Balram Jakhar
Indian politician (–)
Balram Jakhar (23 August – 3 February ) was an Indian politician, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha, whose tenure lasted 9 years and days. Jakhar was among the popular faces of Jat politics in Rajasthan during s. He served as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare from to in Government of India. He was a member of Indian National Congress.[2][3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]Jakhar was born in a Hindu Jat family in Panjkosi village of Fazilka district in Punjab now in Fazilka on 23 August His father was Chaudhari Rajaram Jakhar and his mother was Pattodevi Jakhar migrated to Pankosi from Montgomery District of West Punjab in Jakhar earned a degree in Sanskrit from Forman Christian College, Lahore, in He had knowledge of English, Punjabi, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi languages.
Political
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Balram Jakhar passes away: A farmer with innate political acumen
A farmer-turned politician, Balram Jakhar, who died in New Delhi on Wednesday, was an able administrator and had the rare honour of holding some of the highest constitutional posts including that of governor and Lok Sabha speaker.
Jakhar, 92, also had the rare distinction of being elected Lok Sabha speaker for two successive terms from to His term as speaker saw some significant legislations being passed by the House and measures to improve its functioning.
In his long innings in politics, Jhakhar held several organisational posts in the Congress party. He served as Union agriculture minister in the PV Narasimha Rao government and later as Madhya Pradesh governor during the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
Born on August 23, , at Panjkosi village in Ferozepur, Jakhar graduated from a college in undivided Punjab’s Lahore town and was well-versed in English, Sanskrit, Hindi and Urdu apart fro