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Balram Das Tandon
बलराम दास टंडन
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Balram Das Tandon
Governor of Chhattisgarh
Assumed office
25 July 2014
Preceded byRam Naresh Yadav
Deputy Chief Minister Of Punjab
In office
1969–1970

Balram Das Tandon (born 1927) is an Indian politician and the present Governor of Chhattisgarh.[1] He is a pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Punjab.[2]

Political Career

He was deputy chief minister in the Justice (retd) Gurnam Singh Akali Dal-Jan Sangh ministry in 1969-70 . He also served as cabinet minister in 1977-79 and in 1997-2002 in the ministries headed by Parkash Singh Badal. Tandon was a founding member of the Jan Sangh in 1951, and served as secretary of Punjab Jan Sangh from 1951 to 1957, and as president of the Punjab BJP from 1995-97. He was elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly from Amritsar in 1960,1962,1967,1969, and 1977, and from Rajpura in 1997. He was imprisoned in 1975 during the Emergency for 19 months.[3] On July 14, 2014 he was named as the next Governor of Chhattisgarh.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Governors of UP, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Nagaland named". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Balramji Dass Tandon-A veteran leader from RSS school". Hindustan Times. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ^ http://punjabkhabar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=926%3Aold-horse-back-in-command-of-bjp-punjab&catid=25&Itemid=194&tmpl=component&type=raw