What is Surjit Singh Barnala?
[[File:H E Shri Surjit Singh Barnala.jpg|thumb|Surjit Singh Barnala portrait]] '''Surjit Singh Barnala''' (21 October 1925 &ndash; 14 January 2017) was an [[India]]n [[politician]]. He was [[Chief Minister]] of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] from 29 September 1985 to 11 June 1987. He was also the [[Governor]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] from 3 November 2004 to 31 August 2011, as well as [[Uttarakhand]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]. He was a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] party. Barnala was born in [[Ateli]], Punjab ([[Haryana]]) to a [[Sikh]] family. He married to [[Surjit Kaur Barnala]]. They had a daughter and two sons. Barnala died after a long illness on 14 January 2017 in [[Chandigarh]], Punjab. He was 91.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/former-punjab-cm-surjit-singh-barnala-dead/350371.html|title=Former Punjab CM Surjit Singh Barnala dead|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=14 January 2017|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-date=21 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121045026/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/former-punjab-cm-surjit-singh-barnala-dead/350371.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnala, Surjit Singh}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in India]] [[Category:Lieutenant governors of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] [[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry]] [[Category:Governors of Andhra Pradesh]] [[Category:Governors of Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:Governors of Uttarakhand]] [[Category:Punjabi people]] [[Category:Sikhism]]