Sunder Lal ( – 3 January 1987) was an Indian independence activist and politician. A member of the

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, he served as a

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of Lok Sabha six times. For the first 5 Lok Sabha elections, Lal represented the

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti. Saharanpur is declared a ...

constituency of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 195 ...

Early life and education

Lal was born in village Baliakheri,

Saharanpur district Saharanpur district is the northernmost of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Bordering the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and close to the foothills of Shivalik range, it lies in the northern part of the Doab ...

in the state of

. He participated in the

Indian independence movement The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged from Bengal ...

and after Indian independence he joined active politics.

Political career

Lal was

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

for five straight terms (1952-1977) from

, and after losing from Haridwar in 1977, won that seat in 1984. During the

1st Lok Sabha The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. The First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. ...

, Saharanpur constituency was differently defined. Lal represented the "Saharanpur (West) cum Muzaffarnagar (North)" constituency during the

. He was a member of a

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party. And was supposed to be close to

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 and was al ...

and

Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (25 April 1919 – 17 March 1989) was an Indian National Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; he later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Singh. Personal life He was born on 25 Apr ...

Posts held

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lal, Sunder 1920s births Year of birth uncertain 1987 deaths India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 Indian National Congress politicians Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh People from Saharanpur People from Saharanpur district India MPs 1984–1989 People from Muzaffarnagar district People from Haridwar district

Early life and education

Political career

Posts held

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