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Brish Bhan

Brish Bhan

Indian politician

Babu Brish Bhan was a freedom fighter and the last Chief Minister and one and only deputy chief minister of PEPSU.[2]

Quick Facts 3rd Chief Minister of PEPSU, Preceded by ...

He completed his law from Law College Lahore in 1932. In 1951 and then in 1954 he became the deputy chief minister under the chief ministership of Raghbir Singh. After the death of Raghbir Singh he became the Chief Minister in 1955.

After the merger of PEPSU with Punjab State on 1 November 1956 following the States Reorganisation Act,[3] he became the member of Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1962 from Sunam Assembly Constituency and then in 1967 from Lehra Assembly Constituency.

He died on 29 April 1988 and the Babu Brish Bhan DAV School at Moonak in Sangrur district is named after him.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Babu Brish Bhan Dav Sr. Sec. Public School".
  2. [2]
    page 65 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium Archived 25 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 17 July 2019.
  3. [3]
    "States Reorganisation Act, 1956". India Code Updated Acts. Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. 31 August 1956. pp. section 9. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    Former CM Brish Bhan remembered on his death anniversary


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