Sunder Lal | |
Constituency: | Saharanpur |
Office: | Member of Parliament, 5th Lok Sabha |
Term Start: | Mar 1971 |
Term End: | Jan 1977 |
Predecessor: | Himself |
Successor: | Rasheed Masood |
Constituency2: | Saharanpur |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, 4th Lok Sabha |
Term2: | Mar 1967 – Dec 1970 |
Predecessor2: | Himself |
Successor2: | Himself |
Constituency3: | Saharanpur |
Office3: | Member of Parliament, 3rd Lok Sabha |
Term3: | Apr 1962 – Mar 1967 |
Predecessor3: | Himself |
Successor3: | Himself |
Constituency4: | Saharanpur |
Office4: | Member of Parliament, 2nd Lok Sabha |
Term4: | Apr 1957 – Mar 1962 |
Predecessor4: | Himself |
Successor4: | Himself |
Constituency5: | Saharanpur |
Office5: | Member of Parliament, 1st Lok Sabha |
Term5: | Apr 1952 – Apr 1957 |
Predecessor5: | None |
Successor5: | Himself |
Birth Place: | Baliakheri village, Saharanpur district (Uttar Pradesh), India |
Death Date: | 3 January 1987 |
Death Place: | New Delhi, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Congress |
Residence: | Saharanpur & New Delhi |
Profession: | Politician |
Sunder Lal (– 3 January 1987) was an Indian independence activist and politician. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as a Member of Lok Sabha six times. For the first 5 Lok Sabha elections, Lal represented the Saharanpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Lal was born in village Baliakheri, Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He participated in the Indian independence movement and after Indian independence he joined active politics.[7]
Lal was Member of Parliament for five straight terms (1952–1977) from Saharanpur, and after losing from Haridwar in 1977, won that seat in 1984. During the 1st Lok Sabha, Saharanpur constituency was differently defined. Lal represented the "Saharanpur (West) cum Muzaffarnagar (North)" constituency during the 1st Lok Sabha. He was a member of a Congress party. And was supposed to be close to Indira Gandhi and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna.[8]
From | To | Position | Comments | ||
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01 | 1952 | 1957 | From 'Saharanpur (West)]] cum Muzaffarnagar (North)' constituency.[9] | ||
02 | 1957 | 1962 | From Saharanpur (SC) constituency.[10] | ||
03 | 1962 | 1967 | – | ||
04 | 1967 | 1970 | – | ||
05 | 1971 | 1977 | From Saharanpur | ||
06 | 1984 | 1987 | From Haridwar (died mid-term) |