Brish Bhan Explained

Brish Bhan
Birth Date:9 September 1908
Death Date:29 April 1988
Death Place:Chandigarh
Office:3rd Chief Minister of PEPSU
Term Start:12 January 1955
Term End:1 November 1956
Predecessor:Raghbir Singh
Successor:Post abolished
Constituency:Kalayat
Office3:Deputy Premier of PEPSU
Term3:23 May 1951 - 21 April 1952
Term2:8 March 1954 – 12 January 1955
Predecessor2:post established
Successor2:post abolished
Office4:Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
Term Start4:1962
Term End4:1967
Constituency4:Sunam
Term Start5:1967
Term End5:1969
Constituency5:Lehra
Party:Indian National Congress
Children:Justice Ashok Bhan and 2 others

Babu Brish Bhan was a freedom fighter and the last Chief Minister and one and only deputy chief minister of PEPSU.[1]

He completed his law from Law College Lahore in 1932. In 1951 and then in 1954 he became the deputy chief minister under the chief ministership of Raghbir Singh. After the death of Raghbir Singh he became the Chief Minister in 1955.

After the merger of PEPSU with Punjab State on 1 November 1956 following the States Reorganisation Act,[2] he became the member of Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1962 from Sunam Assembly Constituency and then in 1967 from Lehra Assembly Constituency.

He died on 29 April 1988 and the Babu Brish Bhan DAV School at Moonak in Sangrur district is named after him.[3]

Notes and References

  1. page 65 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium . Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 17 July 2019.
  2. Web site: States Reorganisation Act, 1956 . 31 August 1956 . India Code Updated Acts . Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. section 9 . 17 July 2019.
  3. https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040430/punjab1.htm Former CM Brish Bhan remembered on his death anniversary