Sunder Lal

{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter (c. 1923 – 1987)}} {{for|the Indian lawyer|Sunder Lal (lawyer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Sunder Lal | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Sunder Lal.jpg | alt = | caption = | constituency = Saharanpur | office = Member of Parliament, 5th Lok Sabha | term_start = Mar 1971 | term_end = Jan 1977 | predecessor = ''Himself'' | successor = Rasheed Masood | constituency2 = Saharanpur | office2 = Member of Parliament, 4th Lok Sabha | term2 = Mar 1967 – Dec 1970 | predecessor2 = ''Himself'' | successor2 = ''Himself'' | constituency3 = Saharanpur | office3 = Member of Parliament, 3rd Lok Sabha | term3 = Apr 1962 – Mar 1967 | predecessor3 = ''Himself'' | successor3 = ''Himself'' | constituency4 = Saharanpur | office4 = Member of Parliament, 2nd Lok Sabha | term4 = Apr 1957 – Mar 1962 | predecessor4 = ''Himself'' | successor4 = ''Himself'' | constituency5 = Saharanpur | office5 = Member of Parliament, 1st Lok Sabha | term5 = Apr 1952 – Apr 1957 | predecessor5 = None | successor5 = ''Himself'' | birth_date = {{circa|1923}} | birth_place = Baliakheri village, Saharanpur district (Uttar Pradesh), India | death_date = 3 January 1987 | death_place = New Delhi, India | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | parents = | party = Congress | other_party = | spouse = | partner =  | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Politician }}

'''Sunder Lal''' ({{circa|1923}} – 3 January 1987) was an Indian independence activist and politician. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as a Member of Lok Sabha six times. For the first 5 Lok Sabha elections, Lal represented the Saharanpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=" Member Profile ">{{cite news|title= Member Profile|publisher= Lok Sabha website|access-date= 16 January 2014|url= http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokprev.aspx|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140116233330/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokprev.aspx|archive-date= 16 January 2014|df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=" Election Results 1951 ">{{cite news|title= Election Results 1951 |publisher= Election Commission of India|accessdate=16 January 2014|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF}}</ref><ref name=" Election Results 1957 ">{{cite news|title= Election Results 1957 |publisher= Election Commission of India|accessdate=16 January 2014|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf}}</ref><ref name=" Election Results 1962 ">{{cite news|title= Election Results 1962 |publisher= Election Commission of India|accessdate=16 January 2014|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf}}</ref><ref name=" Election Results 1967 ">{{cite news|title= Election Results 1967 |publisher= Election Commission of India|accessdate=16 January 2014|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf}}</ref><ref name=" Election Results 1971 ">{{cite news|title= Election Results 1971 |publisher= Election Commission of India|accessdate=16 January 2014|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Lal was born in village Baliakheri, Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He participated in the Indian independence movement and after Indian independence he joined active politics.<ref name=" Member Profile"/><ref name=" Freedom Fighters of Saharanpur ">{{cite news|title= Freedom Fighters of Saharanpur |publisher= Saharanpur administration|accessdate=16 January 2014|url=http://saharanpur.nic.in/sre_freedom_fighter.htm}}</ref>

==Political career== Lal was Member of Parliament for five straight terms (1952–1977) from Saharanpur, and after losing from Haridwar in 1977, won that seat in 1984. During the 1st Lok Sabha, Saharanpur constituency was differently defined. Lal represented the "Saharanpur (West) cum Muzaffarnagar (North)" constituency during the 1st Lok Sabha. He was a member of a Congress party.<ref name=" Member Profile"/> And was supposed to be close to Indira Gandhi and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna.<ref name="1970s America - An Indian Student's Journey">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IV-9QPU-2gC&q=Ratan+Lal+Joshi&pg=PA25 | title=1970s America - An Indian Student's Journey | author=Anil K. Rajvanshi | author-link=Anil K. Rajvanshi | year=2007 | isbn=9788190578110}}</ref>

==Posts held== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments |- | 01 || 1952 || 1957 || Member, 1st Lok Sabha || From 'Saharanpur (West)]] cum Muzaffarnagar (North)' constituency.<ref name=" 01st Lok Sabha ">{{cite news|title= 01st Lok Sabha|publisher=Lok Sabha website|accessdate=16 January 2014|url= http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=1}}</ref> |- | 02 || 1957 || 1962 || Member, 2nd Lok Sabha || From Saharanpur <small>(SC)</small> constituency.<ref name=" 02nd Lok Sabha ">{{cite news|title= 02nd Lok Sabha|publisher=Lok Sabha website|accessdate=16 January 2014|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=2}}</ref> |- | 03 || 1962 || 1967 || Member, 3rd Lok Sabha || – |- | 04 || 1967 || 1970 || Member, 4th Lok Sabha || – |- | 05 || 1971 || 1977 || Member, 5th Lok Sabha || From Saharanpur |- | 06 || 1984 || 1987 || Member, 8th Lok Sabha || From Haridwar (died mid-term) |}

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