Surjit Singh Barnala
Indian politician, chief minister of Punjab from 1985 to 1987 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Surjit Singh Barnala (21 October 1925 – 14 January 2017) was an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Punjab from 29 September 1985 to 11 June 1987. He was also the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 3 November 2004 to 31 August 2011, as well as Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He was a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal party.
Barnala was born in Ateli, Punjab (Haryana) to a Sikh family. He married to Surjit Kaur Barnala. They had a daughter and two sons.
Barnala died after a long illness on 14 January 2017 in Chandigarh, Punjab. He was 91.[1]
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