Balram Jakhar

Jakhar in 1980

Balram Jakhar (23 August 1923 – 3 February 2016) was an Indian politician. He was a member of parliament and served as Governor of Madhya Pradesh from June 2004 to June 2009. Before being governor, Jakhar was the 8th Speaker of the Lok Sabha, serving from January 1980 to November 1989. He was born in Punjab.

Jakhar died from complications of pneumonia on 3 February 2016. He died in Delhi. He was aged 92.^[1]

Balram Jakhar Media

Speaker Jakhar (center) with Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother at a Commonwealth Conference.
Pratibha Patil, then President of India; Balram Jakhar, then Governor; Shivraj Singh Chouhan, then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh; Narayan Prasad Shukla; and Sumitra Mahajan at the centenary (100th anniversary) celebrations of the Shri Madhyabharat Hindi Sahitya Samiti.