Devi Lal

Devi Lal
Official portrait, 2001
6th Deputy Prime Minister of India
In office 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
Prime Minister	Chandra Shekhar
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	L. K. Advani (2002)
In office 2 December 1989 – 1 August 1990
Prime Minister	V. P. Singh
Preceded by	Yashwantrao Chavan (1980)
Succeeded by	Himself
5th Chief Minister of Haryana
In office 17 July 1987 – 2 December 1989
Preceded by	Bansi Lal
Succeeded by	Om Prakash Chautala
In office 21 June 1977 – 28 June 1979
Preceded by	Banarsi Das Gupta
Succeeded by	Bhajan Lal
President of the Indian National Lok Dal
In office 17 October 1996 – 6 April 2001
Succeeded by	Om Prakash Chautala
Personal details
Born	Devi Dayal Sihag (1914-09-25)25 September 1914 Teja Khera, Punjab, British India
Died	6 April 2001(2001-04-06) (aged 86) New Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Lok Dal (1996–2001)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (before 1971) Independent (1971–1977) Janata Party (1977–1987) Janata Dal (1988–1990) Samajwadi Janata Party (1990–1996)
Relations	Ajay Singh Chautala (grandson), Naina Singh Chautala (grandson in law), Abhay Singh Chautala (grandson), Dushyant Chautala (great-grandson), Arjun Chautala (great-grandson)
Children	4, including Om Prakash Chautala (son) and Ranjit Singh Chautala (son)

Devi Lal (born Devi Dayal; 25 September 1914 – 6 April 2001), also known as Chaudhary Devi Lal, was an Indian statesman and politician who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1991.^[1] Lal emerged as farmer leader from the state of Haryana, and served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 1977 to 1979 and then from 1987 to 1989.^[1] He was the founder of Indian National Lok Dal. He was popularly known as Tau, meaning uncle.