Chaudhary Devi Lal

Chaudhary Devi Lal
Chaudhari Devi Lal
चौधरी देवी लाल
Deputy Prime Minister of India
In office
2 December 1989 – 21 June 1991
Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Chandra Shekhar Singh
Preceded by Yashwantrao Chavan
Succeeded by Lal Krishna Advani
Chief Minister of Haryana
In office
17 July 1987 – 2 December 1989
Governor Muzaffar Husain Burney
Hara Anand Barari
Preceded by Bansi Lal
Succeeded by Om Prakash Chautala
In office
21 June 1977 – 28 June 1979
Governor Jaisukh Lal Hathi
Harcharan Singh Brar
Preceded by Banarsi Das Gupta
Succeeded by Bhajan Lal
Personal details
Born 16 September 1914(1914-09-16)
Sirsa, British Raj (now India)
Died 6 April 2001(2001-04-06) (aged 86)
New Delhi, India
Political party Indian National Lok Dal (1987–2001)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (Before 1971)
Independent (1971–1977)
Janata Party (1977–1987)

Chaudhary Devi Lal Sihag (1914–2001) (Hindi: चौधरी देवी लाल) was an Indian politician, freedom fighter, Chief Minister of the state of Haryana and Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was born in a Jaat Hindu family of Sihag clan on 25 September 1914 in Teja Khera village of Sirsa district in Haryana, India.[1][2]. His mother's name was Shugna Devi and father's name was Ch. Lekh Ram Sihag.Ch. Lekh Ram was a wealthy Jaat landlord of Chautala village and he owned 2750 bighas of land. Ch. Devi Lal, whose original name was Devi Dayal, received education up to middle and also trained as a wrestler at an 'Akhara' in Badal village (Punjab). On Mahatma Gandhi's call, both he and his elder brother Ch Sahib Ram, left their studies unfinished to take part in the freedom movement.[3] His son Om Prakash Chautala is also a former Chief Minister of the state of Haryana . He belongs to the Jaat clan of Bagris.

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Freedom fighter

Chaudhari Devi Lal was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was actively involved in the struggle for Indian independence from the British Raj. On Mahatma Gandhi's call, both he and his elder brother Ch Sahib Ram, left their studies unfinished to take part in the freedom movement.

For this he was sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment and sent to Hissar jail on 8 Oct, 1930. He took part in the movement of 1932 and was kept in Sadar Delhi Thana. In 1938 he was selected delegate of All India Congress Committee. In March 1938 his elder brother Ch. Sahib Ram was elected M.L.A. in a by-election on the Congress party ticket. In January, 1940 Ch. Sahib Ram courted arrest as a 'satyagrahi' in the presence of Ch. Devi Lal and over ten thousand people. He was fined Rs 100 and sentenced to 9 months imprisonment.

Ch. Devi Lal was arrested on 5 October 1942 and kept in jail for 2 years for taking part in the 1942 Quit India movement. Therefore in 1942, Ch. Lekh Ram's both sons, Ch. Sahib Ram and Ch. Devi Lal were in the Multan jail for taking part in the freedom struggle. Ch. Devi Lal was released from prison in October, 1943 and he got his elder brother Ch. Sahib Ram released on parole. In August 1944, Sir Chhotu Ram the then Revenue Minister, visited Chautala village. He, along with Lajpat Rai Alakhpura, made efforts to woo both Ch. Sahib Ram and Ch. Devi Lal to desert Congress and join the Unionist Party. But both workers, being dedicated freedom fighters, refused to leave the Congress Party.

Post independence

After independence, he emerged as a popular leader of farmers in India and Ch Devi Lal started a farmer's movement and was arrested along with his 500 workers. After some time, then Chief Minister Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargawa made an agreement and Muzzara act was amended. He was elected member of Punjab Assembly in 1952, Congress president of Punjab in 1956.

He played an active and decisive role in the formation of Haryana as a separate state. In 1958 he was elected from Sirsa. In 1971 he left the Congress after being in it for 39 years. He was elected in 1974 from Rori constituency against Congress. In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared emergency, and Ch. Devi Lal along with all opposition leaders was sent to jail for 19 months in Hissar Jail and Mahendergarh fort. In 1977 emergency ended and general elections were held. He was elected on Janata Party ticket and became the Chief Minister of Haryana. For his steadfast opposition to Emergency and dictatorial misrule, he became known as Sher-e-Haryana (Lion of Haryana).

He remained member of parliament from 1980 to 1982 and member of State assembly from 1982-1987. He formed Lok Dal and started Nyaya Yudh under 'Haryana Sangharsh Samiti' and became hugely popular among masses. In 1987 state elections, the alliance led by Ch. Devi Lal won a record victory winning 85 seats in the 90 member house. Congress was routed in the state winning only 5 seats. Chaudhary Devi Lal became the Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time. In the 1989 parliamentary election, he was simultaneously elected, both from Sikar in Rajasthan and Rohtak in Haryana. He twice became Deputy Prime Minister of India in two different governments. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in August, 1998. Later his son Sh. O. P. Chautala also became the Chief Minister of Haryana.

After independence, Chaudhary Devi Lal emerged as a leader of farmers. During his two tenures as chief minister of Haryana he made several decisions benefiting farmers and rural people. He always took decisions about the betterment of common people. His popularity among farmers and rural people, earned him the title of 'Tau' (Elder Uncle).

Chaudhary Devilal gave many good politicians to haryana, rather he groomed many simple people to be good politicians.

Chaudhary Devi Lal died on April 6, 2001.

Popular as Tau

While in power, Chaudhari Devi Lal is credited for having taken several decisions in the interest of the farming community and the rural people, among whom he is popularly known as 'Tau' (Elder Uncle). He died on April 6, 2001 at the age of 86. He was cremated at "Sangarsh Sathl" on the banks of the river Yamuna. "Kishan Gath" is the samadhi of another popular leader of the farmers, Choudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister of India.T

References

  1. ^ Singh, Raj Pal (1988). [books.google.co.in/books?ei=C3qjS8WXIJW2kwS98LjYBw&cd=2&id=7tJHAAAAMAAJ&dq=devi+lal+sihag&q=Lekh+Ram+sihag#search_anchor Devi Lal, the man of the masses]. Veenu Printers and Publications. p. 3. books.google.co.in/books?ei=C3qjS8WXIJW2kwS98LjYBw&cd=2&id=7tJHAAAAMAAJ&dq=devi+lal+sihag&q=Lekh+Ram+sihag#search_anchor. 
  2. ^ books.google.co.in/books?q=devi+lal+sihag&lr=&sa=N&start=0
  3. ^ [books.google.co.in/books?id=G0Z457ZOR44C&pg=PA241&dq=devi+lal+sihag&ei=fH-jS6n7JaXSkgTH3M3hBw&cd=5#v=onepage&q=devi%20lal%20sihag&f=false History of Sirsa town]. p. 241. books.google.co.in/books?id=G0Z457ZOR44C&pg=PA241&dq=devi+lal+sihag&ei=fH-jS6n7JaXSkgTH3M3hBw&cd=5#v=onepage&q=devi%20lal%20sihag&f=false. 

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Political offices
Preceded by
Banarsi Das Gupta
Chief Minister of Haryana
1977–1979
Succeeded by
Bhajan Lal
Preceded by
Bansi Lal
Chief Minister of Haryana
1987–1989
Succeeded by
Om Prakash Chautala
Preceded by
Yashwantrao Chavan
Deputy Prime Minister of India
1989–1991
Succeeded by
Lal Krishna Advani

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