Chaudhari Devi Lal (1914-2001) was an India politician, freedom fighter, chief minister of the state of haryana and Duputy prime minister of India. He was born in a Jat Hindu family on 25 September 1914 in Teja Khera villag of Sirsa district in Haryana, India. His son Om prakash Chautala is also a former Chief minister of the state of Haryana.
Ch. Devi Lal, whose original name was Devi Dayal, received education up to middle and also trained as a wrestler at an 'Akhara' in Badal village (Punjab). On Mahatma Gandhi's call, both he and his elder brother Ch Sahib Ram, left their studies unfinished to take part in the freedom movement. he was arrested on 5th october, 1942 and kept in jail for a period of two years for taking part in the1942 Quit India movement. After independence, he emerged as a popular leader of farmers in India. He belongs to the Jat clan of Bagris.
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