Thakur Ram Lal | |
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| Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh | |
| In office 14 February 1980 – 7 April 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Shanta Kumar |
| Succeeded by | Virbhadra Singh |
| In office 28 January 1977 – 30 April 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Yashwant Singh Parmar |
| Succeeded by | President's Rule |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1929 |
| Died | 6 July 2002(2002-07-06) (aged 72) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Residence | Shimla |
| Occupation | Politician |
Thakur Ram Lal (7 July 1929 – 6 July 2002) was an Indian politician and a leader of theIndian National Congress fromHimachal Pradesh.
He was elected to theHimachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from theJubbal-Kotkhai constituency nine times from 1957 to 1982. He briefly served as theChief Minister of Himachal Pradesh from 28 January 1977 to 30 April 1977. In the1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he withstood the anti-Congress wave in elections conducted afterThe Emergency to win 60.2 percent of the votes in Jubbal-Kotkhai but saw the Congress reduced to 9 seats from the previous 53.[1] He served as the leader of opposition in the legislative assembly from 29 June 1977 to 13 February 1980.
Ram Lal was appointed theGovernor of Andhra Pradesh on 15 August 1983. While Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao of theTelugu Desam Party was in theUnited States for surgery, he appointed finance ministerN. Bhaskara Rao as the chief minister ostensibly at the behest of the leadership of theCongress party despite Bhaskara Rao having the support of no more than 20% of the legislators.[2] On his return, NTR launched a popular campaign against Ram Lal and the Congress Party leading to PresidentZail Singh to dismiss Ram Lal on 29 August 1984 and NTR being re-appointed the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Thakur Ram Lal died on 6 July 2002 inShimla following a massive cardiac arrest. He was survived by four daughters, a son and grandson and a granddaughter, two great granddaughters and one great grandson.[1]
His grandson, Rohit Thakur is an MLA from Jubbal-Kotkhai.
