{{Short description|British Indian Army officer}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date = August 2019}}
{{Infobox person | name = Mohan Lal Kureel | birth_date = {{Birth date |1910|01|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Purwa, Unnao, British State of Oudh, British India (now in Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh, India) | death_date = {{Death date |1980|12|12|df=yes}} |death_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India | other_names = | organization = INC | relatives = Piare Lal Talib Unnavi (brother) }}
'''Mohan Lal Kureel''' was a British Indian Army officer who served in The Chamar Regiment and later an Indian National Congress politician in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/sc-commission-asks-defence-secretary-why-chamar-regiment-shouldnt-be-reinstated-1355131.html|title=SC Commission Asks Defence Secretary Why 'Chamar Regiment' Shouldn't be reinstated|website=News18|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>
== Life == In 1942, Kureel enlisted with the post of captain in the British Indian Army at the time that the Chamar Regiment was commissioned. In mid-1944, he accompanied his battalion to take part in the Burma Campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/delhi/story-of-chamar-regiment-army-day-british-army-ina-dlop-1654131.html|title=चमार रेजीमेंट ने क्यों किया था ब्रिटिश आर्मी और अंग्रेजों से विद्रोह...!|date=2019-01-15|website=News18 India|language=hi|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> There he learned that the British Indian Army was plotting against the Indian National Army. He joined with comrades to rebel against the British Indian Army. Kureel was arrested and declared a Prisoner of War. While Kureel was in prison he joined the INA. Kureel also fought against the British in Singapore under Netaji.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kaul |first=Vimla |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gScKAQAAIAAJ&q=captain+mohan+lal+kureel |title=India Since Independence: Chronology of Events |date=1978 |publisher=Sagar Publications |language=en}}</ref>
==Politics== Kureel was freed from prison following the Independence of India at which time he became an Activist and social worker. In 1952, he was elected by the Safipur Constituency to run in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. After winning the election, Kureel became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was elected by the Safipur constituency in the 1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1952–1957 Category:1910 births Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Category:1980 deaths