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Devi Lal (born Devi Dayal; 25 September 1914 – 6 April 2001), also known as Chaudhary Devi Lal, was an Indian statesman and politician who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1991.
Chaudhary Devi Lal (born Devi Dayal; 25 September 1914 — 6 April 2001) was an Indian politician. He served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1991 under V. P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar. He is popularly known as Tau (uncle). Devi Lal came out as farmer leader from the state of Haryana.
May 6, 2024 · Chaudhary Devi Lal was an Indian politician and government official who founded the Indian National Lok Dal political party and was instrumental in the formation of Haryana as a state separate from Punjab state in northwestern India. He twice served (1977–79 and 1987–89) as Haryana’s chief minister.
Sep 25, 2022 · A galaxy of Opposition leaders gathered in Haryana’s Fatehabad on Sunday (September 25), to mark the 109th birth anniversary of Chaudhary Devi Lal, former deputy prime minister and one of the tallest farmer leaders of the country. Devi Lal was also the founder of the party today known as Indian National Lok Dal (INLD).
Sep 21, 2023 · The shadow of Chaudhary Devi Lal, who passed away over 22 years ago, continues to hang over Haryana politics. And with Lok Sabha elections due next year, it looms larger than ever.
Jul 20, 2023 · Clan of Chaudhary Devi Lal, once a powerful political force in Haryana, now feuds over legacy. Despite split, his descendants still use his image to gain support.
Jul 15, 1991 · The kingmaker of 1989, Devi Lai, has little else to do. The air-conditioned Vijay Rath that rode him to victory only 17 months ago when he soared to dizzy political heights, now lies abandoned in the courtyard, a symbolic sign of the times.
Oct 15, 1989 · Devi Lal. The strongman of Haryana revelling in his role as king maker of the Opposition conglomerate - perhaps even the king. Devi Lal's 75th birthday celebration was transformed into a massive political rally, a show of strength. And, more important, a deliberately exaggerated public display of his political stature and rural muscle.
Apr 15, 1990 · Reviving memories of the destruction of the Janata government in 1978-79 this time was Devi Lal, the 75-year-old deputy prime minister and self-proclaimed Tau (elder uncle) of the party, who now loomed threateningly over its future as a bulky, 6 ft 2 inches, 105-kg apparition of Charan Singh from whom he inherited the mantle of kisan leadership ...
Apr 16, 2001 · Devi Lal, a populist Indian politician known as the raging bull of Haryana, who served as deputy prime minister from 1989 to 1991, died in New Delhi on April 6. He was 86. He became...
