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Punjab Polity and Governance

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Consider the following statements and identify the personality :

1.He served as High Commisioner of India to Canada.

2.He served as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

3.He served two terms as Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

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Giani Zail Singh

Gurdial Singh Dhillon

Gurcharan Singh Tohra

GS Atwal

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Explanation:

Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1915–1992) was a Punjabi politician in the Indian National Congress party. He was President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (1973–76) and Indian High Commissioner to Canada (1980–82).
Dhillon was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (1952–1967), where he was its Deputy Speaker (1952–54) and its Speaker (1954–62).In 1967 he was first elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Indian Parliament representing Tarn Taran parliamentary constituency. He was elected from Firozpur in 1985.

Dhillon served two terms as Speaker of Lok Sabha (1969–71 and 1971–75) and was Minister of Agriculture in the Indian Government (1986–1988).