Girdhari Lal Dogra

Girdhari Lal Dogra
Personal details
Born(1915-07-17)17 July 1915
Died27 November 1987(1987-11-27) (aged 72)
NationalityIndian
Political partyJammu & Kashmir National Conference
Indian National Congress

Girdhari Lal (17 July 1915 – 27 November 1987) was an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir, belonging to the National Conference and later the Indian National Congress. He was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, and served as Finance minister of the state for 26 years. He was also a member of the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament), elected from the Jammu–Poonch constituency and the Udhampur constituency. He was known as "The People’s man".