Which amongst the following was the first person among Punjab amp Asia to be declared as the Chairma...........

Punjab Polity and Governance

Which amongst the following was the first person among Punjab & Asia to be declared as the Chairman of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Executive forum?

Balram Jakhar

Gurbachan Singh Tohra

Harchand Singh Longowal

Beant Singh

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Explanation:

He was born on 23 August 1923 in Panjkosi, Abohar, Punjab. He was a popular leader who had enriched the Indian Parliamentary democracy in his long political journey. He was elected to the Lok Sabha four times and also served as the Union Agriculture Minister in 1991 in then P. V. Narasimha Rao Ministry. He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly for two terms in 1972 and 1977. He had served as Minister in the state and also Leader of Opposition. Mr Jakhar also had served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. He was the first Asian to be elected as Chairman of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Executive Forum.Union Government had awarded him with ‘Udyan Pandit’ Award in 1975 for his contribution to Horticulture.