Lal, Devi

Lal, Devi
▪ 2002

      Indian politician (b. Sept. 25, 1914, Chautala, Punjab [now in Haryana state], India—d. April 6, 2001, New Delhi, India), served (1989–91) as India's deputy prime minister under two prime ministers. Lal was appointed deputy prime minister in Prime Minister V.P. Singh's National Front government in 1989; after being dismissed in August 1990, Lal helped engineer Singh's ouster by Chandra Shekhar, who reappointed him to the post. Lal, a vigorous champion of the interests of peasant farmers, was also a longtime member of the Haryana legislature and was Haryana's chief minister (1977–80 and 1987–89); his son Om Prakash Chautala later became chief minister.

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