Brish Bhan

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

Babu Brish Bhan (1908–1988) 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]

References

1. page 65 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium Archived 25 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 17 July 2019.
2. "States Reorganisation Act, 1956". India Code Updated Acts. Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. 31 August 1956. pp. section 9. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
3. Former CM Brish Bhan remembered on his death anniversary