Bali Ram Bhagat

Bali Ram Bhagat Yadav
11thGovernor of Rajasthan
In office 30 June 1993 – 1 May 1998
Preceded by	Dhanik Lal Mandal(Additional charge)
Succeeded by	Darbara Singh
8th GovernorofHimachal Pradesh
In office 11 February 1993 – 29 June 1993
Preceded by	Surendra Nath(Additional charge)
Succeeded by	Gulsher Ahmed
13th External Affairs MinisterofIndia
In office 25 September 1985 – 12 May 1986
Preceded by	Rajiv Gandhi
Succeeded by	P. Shiv Shankar
6thSpeaker of the Lok Sabha
In office 1976–1977
Deputy	G.G. Swell
Preceded by	G. S. Dhillon
Succeeded by	N. Sanjiva Reddy
Personal details
Born	(1922-10-07)7 October 1922 Patna,Bihar,British India
Died	2 January 2011(2011-01-02)(aged 88) New Delhi,India
Spouse	Vidya Bhagat ​ (m.1944)​
Children	2 (1 son and 1 daughter)
Parent	Ham Rup Bhagat (father)

Bali Ram Bhagat(7 October 1922 – 2 January 2011) was an Indian politician and member of theIndian National Congress(INC). He has served asMember of Parliament(MP) inLok SabharepresentingPatna-cum-Shahabadfrom 1952 to 1957 andShahabadfrom 1957 to 1977. Bhagat has also served as the 6thSpeaker of the Lok Sabhaand 13thForeign Ministerof India.

Early life

BR Bhagat was born into a wealthy Yadav family inPatna,Biharon 7 October 1922. His family was originally from Dashara village inSamastipur district.He joined the Indian National Congress in 1939 during theIndian independence movementand participated in theQuit India movement.He received a bachelor's degree fromPatna Collegeand obtained a master's degree in economics fromPatna University.

Career

After independence, Bali Ram Bhagat served as the Member of Parliament (MP) fromPatna-cum-Shahabadin the1st Lok Sabha(1952-1957) and thenShahabadfor four terms (1957-1977).Bhagat lost his seat toChandradeo Prasad Vermain the1977 general election,where the Congress lost power in India for the first time.He won as MP fromSitamarhiin 1980 andArrahin 1984.

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.

Bhagat served as theSpeaker of Lok Sabhafrom 1976 to 1977, during the turbulent final year ofIndira Gandhi’s first reign as prime minister.He served as Minister for External Affairs of India under Indira's son,Rajiv Gandhi,from 1985 to 1986. He wasgovernor of Himachal Pradeshbriefly during 1993, andgovernor of Rajasthanfrom 1993 to 1998. Bali Ram Bhagat died in New Delhi on 2 January 2011.

Positions held

Bali Ram Bhagat has served seven times asLok SabhaMP.

He lost the6thand9th Lok Sabha election fromArrahin 1977 and 1989 respectively. Bhagat also lost the10th Lok Sabhaelection fromSamastipurin 1991.

#	From	To	Position	Party
1.	1952	1957	MP(1st term) in1st Lok SabhafromPatna-cum-Shahabad	INC
2.	1957	1962	MP(2nd term) in2nd Lok SabhafromShahabad	INC
3.	1962	1967	MP(3rd term) in3rd Lok SabhafromShahabad	INC
4.	1967	1971	MP(4th term) in4th Lok SabhafromShahabad	INC
5.	1971	1977	MP(5th term) in5th Lok SabhafromShahabad	INC
6.	1980	1984	MP(6th term) in7th Lok SabhafromSitamarhi	INC (U)
7.	1984	1989	MP(7th term) in8th Lok SabhafromArrah	INC

Note

• ThePatna-cum-Shahabadconstituency was renamed asShahabadconstituency in the2nd Lok Sabha(1957).
• TheShahabadconstituency was renamed asArrahconstituency in the6th Lok Sabha(1977).