Gopi Chand Bhargava: Punjab’s First Chief Minister — MCQs with Answers (Set 1)

Thakur Das Bhargava, a freedom fighter and lawyer, founded several schools and colleges. These included Fateh Chand College for Women at Hisar.

Bhargava completed his M.B.B.S. at Medical College, Lahore, in 1912. He began medical practice in 1913.

His first term ran from 15 August 1947 to 13 April 1949. He returned on 18 October 1949 and served until 20 June 1951.

Bhargava served three separate terms as Chief Minister: 1947-1949, 1949-1951, and briefly again as acting Chief Minister in 1964.

Bhargava served two and a half years in prison during Quit India in 1942, the longest of his several jail terms for the freedom movement.

Bhargava’s government’s first task was relief and rehabilitation for millions of refugees moving between newly divided West and East Punjab, right from his first day in office.

Bhargava completed his M.B.B.S. at Medical College, Lahore, in 1912, then gave up his medical practice to join the Non-Cooperation Movement.

Bhargava was injured shielding Lala Lajpat Rai from a police lathi charge during the anti-Simon Commission protest in Lahore on 30 October 1928.

His government’s first task was managing the massive refugee movement between newly divided East and West Punjab.

He was imprisoned for two and a half years during Quit India in 1942, his longest jail term.

He completed his M.B.B.S. at Medical College, Lahore, in 1912, before giving up practice for politics.

He became Punjab’s first Chief Minister on 15 August 1947, immediately facing a refugee crisis from Partition.