For the first 5 Lok Sabha elections, Lal represented the Saharanpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] Lal was born in village Baliakheri, Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

[1][7] Lal was Member of Parliament for five straight terms (1952–1977) from Saharanpur, and after losing from Haridwar in 1977, won that seat in 1984.

Lal represented the "Saharanpur (West) cum Muzaffarnagar (North)" constituency during the 1st Lok Sabha.

[1] And was supposed to be close to Indira Gandhi and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna.