What is Balram Jakhar?
[[File:Dr Balram Jakhar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jakhar in 1980]] '''Balram Jakhar''' (23 August 1923 &ndash; 3 February 2016) was an [[India]]n politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament|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 (India)|Punjab]]. Jakhar died from complications of [[pneumonia]] on 3 February 2016. He died in [[Delhi]]. He was aged 92.<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-lok-sabha-speaker-balram-jakhar-passes-away/1/586264.html Former Lok Sabha speaker Balram Jakhar passes away]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.mpinfo.org/hindi/governor/aboutgov.htm Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404064123/http://mpinfo.org/hindi/governor/aboutgov.htm |date=2005-04-04 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jakhar, Balram}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Speakers of the Lok Sabha]] [[Category:Governors of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Governors of Gujarat]] [[Category:Politicians from Punjab, India]] {{bio-stub}}{{Speakers of the Lok Sabha}}