Former Haryana Chief Minister of Haryana,Bhajan Lal died of cardiac arrest today.
He served as the CM of the North Indian state twice.His first term lasted from from June 28, 1979 to July 5, 1985, and his second term from July 23, 1991 to May 11, 1996.
At the centre he served as a cabinet minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environments and Forest in the Rajiv Gandhi regime.
In 2007 he broke away from the Congress and formed Haryana Janhit Congress with the help of his son, Kuldeep Bishnoi.
He has been one of the prominent non Jat leaders in Haryana.