Pannalal Barupal (6 April 1913–19 May 1983, Ganganagar

Ganganagar

Sri Ganganagar , also called Ganganagar , is the northernmost city of Rajasthan in western India. It is the administrative headquarters of Ganganagar District.-History:...

) was an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n politician, Indian independence activist and a member of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 political party. He was member of the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

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 representing Ganganagar constituency

Ganganagar (Lok Sabha Constituency)

Ganganagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan state in India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Ganganagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha segments...

 in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 state for five terms from 1952 to 1977.

He was born in Bikaner in Rajasthan and actively participated in the non-cooperation movement

Non-cooperation movement

The non-cooperation movement was a significant phase of the Indian struggle for freedom from British rule which lasted for years. This movement, which lasted from September 1920 to February 1922 and was led by Mohandas Gandhi, and supported by the Indian National Congress. It aimed to resist...

 and in the 1942 Quit India Movement

Quit India Movement

The Quit India Movement , or the August Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence. Gandhi hoped to bring the British government to the negotiating table...

. The Government of India issued a postage stamp in his honor in 2006.