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Parkash Singh Badal, 5-Time Punjab Chief Minister, Dies At 95

Category : Obituaries
Published on: April 27 2023 Share on facebook

  • Parkash Singh Badal, a five-time former chief minister of Punjab and Akali Dal patriarch, died at a private hospital in Mohali on 25 April 2023. 
  • He was 95.
  • Parkash Singh Badal was the youngest Chief Minister to ever hold office in the state of Punjab. He was 43.
  • Parkash Singh Badal served as the Chief Minister of Punjab five times. He was the chief minister from 1970-1971, from 1977-1980, from 1997-2002, and from 2007-2017 (two consecutive terms). 
  • In a career spanning over seven decades, he lost only two elections - one in 1967, and the latest in the 2022 Punjab assembly election.
  • Last year, Badal became the country's oldest candidate to fight a state election when he entered the electoral battle for the 13th time at the age of 94. 
  • Sardar Badal was first elected to the Punjab state assembly in 1957. He was then elected MLA nine times.
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