Overview

• Reports said he died late Thursday night at about 1:30 am at the age of 105.
• He was cremated on Friday in his native Bidyari village, where Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma paid respects.
• Governor Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade, former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Speaker Vasudev Devnani issued condolences praising his service to legislative decorum.
• The Assembly Secretariat held a condolence meeting and announced a holiday in his honor.
• Born in 1920 in Bidyari, he began as a lawyer and local office-bearer before serving two terms as MLA, Deputy Speaker (Mar 1985–Jan 1986) and Speaker (Jan 1986–Mar 1990).