Hardwari Lal
{{Short description|Indian politician and educationist}}
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| name = Hardwari Lal
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|09|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chhara, Rohtak district, Punjab Province, British India (now Jhajjar district, Haryana, India)
| death_date = ?
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| nationality = Indian
| party = Indian National Congress
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| occupation = Politician, educationist, lawyer
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| alma_mater = St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Panjab University
| office1 = Cabinet Minister
Government of Haryana
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| office2 = Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
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| office3 = Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
| term_start3 = 1967 - 1968, 1972
| term_end3 = 1977
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| term_start4 = 1977
| term_end4 = 1978
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| office5 = Vice Chancellor of Kurukshetra University
| term_start5 = 1959
| term_end5 = 1962
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| office6 = Vice Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University
| term_start6 = 1977
| term_end6 = 1983
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| successor = Devi Lal
| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency = Rohtak, Haryana
| term = 1984 - 1989
| term1 = 1966 - 1967
| term2 = 1962 - 1967
| constituency2 = Bahadurgarh, Punjab
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| constituency3 = Bahadurgarh, Haryana
| constituency4 = Badli, Haryana
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Hardwari Lal (10 September 1910 - ?){{Cite web |title=Loksabha members : Hardwari Lal , Shri |url=https://datais.info/loksabha/members/Hardwari+Lal+,+Shri/c1308132646e8348f61b202e33a25e3c/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Data is Info |language=en}} was an Indian politician, lawyer, and a educationist from Haryana. He served as cabinet minister in Government of Haryana. He was also elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
Political career
He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in both Punjab and Haryana assemblies and later as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Lok Sabha from Rohtak constituency (1984–1989). He was a member of the Indian National Congress.{{Cite web |title=Political capital of state, Rohtak has given Deputy PM, CM and youngest MP |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/political-capital-of-state-rohtak-has-given-deputy-pm-cm-and-youngest-mp-603507/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}
He held the position of cabinet minister in Government of Haryana under B. D. Sharma ministry in 1966 and then in Birender Singh ministry in 1967 for education department. He also served as the vice-chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University and Kurukshetra University.{{Cite web |title=Nabha House hosted KU classes early on |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryana-tribune/nabha-house-hosted-ku-classes-early-on-652968/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=The Tribune |language=en}} "Agarwal recalls the first fulltime KU Vice-Chancellor, Hardwari Lal, managed to get the help of the Indian Army in levelling the uneven land of the university." Lal was also recognised for his outspoken personality and his rivalry with the influential "Lal trio" of Haryana politics - Bansi Lal, Devi Lal, and Bhajan Lal.{{Cite web |date=1987-05-15 |title=I do not dislike Rajiv Gandhi who is charming and cultured: Hardwari Lal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19870515-i-do-not-dislike-rajiv-gandhi-who-is-charming-and-cultured-hardwari-lal-798838-1987-05-14 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=India Today |language=en}}
References
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Category:20th-century Indian politicians
Category:Year of death missing
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana
Category:Haryana MLAs 1966–1967
Category:Haryana MLAs 1977–1982
Category:Haryana MLAs 1972–1977