Babu Brish Bhan (1908–1988) was a freedom fighter and the last Chief Minister and one and only deputy chief minister of PEPSU. He completed his law from Law College

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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 PEPSU with

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on 1 November 1956 following the

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, he became the member of

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in 1962 from Sunam Assembly Constituency and then in 1967 from Lehra Assembly Constituency. He died on 29 April 1988 and the Babu Brish Bhan DAV School at

Moonak Moonak is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Moonak is situated near the Punjab-Haryana border. The nearest towns of Haryana are Jakhal Mandi and Tohana. The nearest commercial airport to Moonak i ...

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is named after him.Former CM Brish Bhan remembered on his death anniversary
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Punjab, India politicians 1908 births 1988 deaths Deputy chief ministers of Punjab, India Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India {{PunjabIN-INC-politician-stub