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Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
May 1 , 2023
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- Former Punjab Chief Minister and veteran Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal (age 95) passed away.
- He served as Punjab’s Chief Minister five times: 1970-71; 1977-80; 1997-2002 and from 2007 to 2017 (two consecutive terms).
- The Government of India awarded him the second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2015.
- In 1970, he became the youngest Chief Minister of an Indian State at the time.
- He was first elected to the Punjab State Assembly in 1957.
- He has been elected an MLA nine times since then.
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