Brish Bhan

{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Brish Bhan | image = Brish Bhan.png | office = 3rd Chief Minister of PEPSU | term_start = 12 January 1955 | term_end = 1 November 1956 | predecessor = Raghbir Singh | successor = ''Position abolished'' | constituency = Kalayat | office2 = Deputy Chief Minister of PEPSU | term_start2 = 8 March 1954 | term_end2 = 12 January 1955 | predecessor2 = ''Position established'' | successor2 = ''Position abolished'' | office3 = Deputy Premier of PEPSU | term_start3 = 23 May 1951 | term_end3 = 21 April 1952 | office4 = Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly | term_start4 = 1967 | term_end4 = 1969 | constituency4 = Lehra | term_start5 = 1962 | term_end5 = 1967 | constituency5 = Sunam | birth_date = {{birth date|1908|9|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Moonak, Patiala State, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|4|29|1908|9|9|df=yes}} | death_place = Chandigarh, India | party = Indian National Congress | children = 3 }} '''Babu Brish Bhan''' (9 September 1908 – 29 April 1988) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the final Chief Minister of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union from 1955 to 1956. He was also the only deputy chief minister of the state.<ref>page 65 of ''[http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/images/docs/compendium_doc.pdf Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925104313/http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/images/docs/compendium_doc.pdf |date=25 September 2018 }}''. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 17 July 2019.</ref>

He completed his law from Law College Lahore in 1932. In 1951 and then in 1954 he became the deputy chief minister under the chief ministership of Raghbir Singh. After the death of Raghbir Singh he became the Chief Minister in 1955.

After the merger of the PEPSU with Punjab State on 1 November 1956 following the States Reorganisation Act,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/qrydisp.asp?tfnm=195637%20&tfnm2=11 |title=States Reorganisation Act, 1956 |date=31 August 1956 |series=India Code Updated Acts |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India|pages=section 9 |accessdate=17 July 2019}}</ref> he became the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1962 from Sunam. He later represented Lehra from 1967.

He died on 29 April 1988. The Babu Brish Bhan DAV School at Moonak in Sangrur district is named after him.<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040430/punjab1.htm Former CM Brish Bhan remembered on his death anniversary]</ref>

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