Bhan Singh Bhaura

[1] He served as a member of the National Executive of the CPI as well as president for the Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union.

[2] He was elected to the Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament of India) in 1971 and 1999 from the Bhatinda seat.

[1] Bhaura hailed from a poor peasant family in village Niamatpur Near Amargarh Sangrur district.

[citation needed] During the colonial period, he took part in the struggle for Indian independence as well being active in the peasant movement.

[4] He became the acting president of the Punjab Dihati Mazdoor Sabha (agricultural workers' union).

[6] Bhaura lost the Bhadaur seat in the 1969 election, finishing in third place with merely 430 votes (1.31%).

[10] This time the electoral contest in Bhatinda had been between Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal candidates, and Bhaura lost his deposit.

While Flight 440 attempted to land at Palam International Airport during inclement weather, the aircraft struck high tension wires during a NDB approach with visibility below minima.

[17] Among the dead was Indian Minister of Iron and Steel Mines, Mohan Kumaramangalam, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Communist Party of India politician K. Baladhandayutham and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Indian National Congress politician Devaki Gopidas and Indian businessman Raghunatha Reddy Kakani.