Brish Bhan

Babu Brish Bhan (9 September 1908 – 29 April 1988) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the final Chief Minister of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union from 1955 to 1956. He was also the only deputy chief minister of the state.^[1]

Brish Bhan
3rd Chief Minister of PEPSU
In office 12 January 1955 – 1 November 1956
Preceded by	Raghbir Singh
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Constituency	Kalayat
Deputy Chief Minister of PEPSU
In office 8 March 1954 – 12 January 1955
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Deputy Premier of PEPSU
In office 23 May 1951 – 21 April 1952
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office 1967–1969
Constituency	Lehra
In office 1962–1967
Constituency	Sunam
Personal details
Born	(1908-09-09)9 September 1908 Moonak, Patiala State, British India
Died	29 April 1988(1988-04-29) (aged 79) Chandigarh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Children	3

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 the PEPSU with Punjab State on 1 November 1956 following the States Reorganisation Act,^[2] he became the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1962 from Sunam. He later represented Lehra from 1967.

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