Tika Ram Paliwal

Tika Ram Paliwal
Tika Ram Paliwal in 1950s
4th Chief Minister of Rajasthan
In office 3 March 1952 – 31 October 1952
Preceded by	Jai Narayan Vyas
Succeeded by	Jai Narayan Vyas
Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
In office 26 March 1951 – 3 March 1952
In office 1 November 1952 – 1 November 1954
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 1952–1957
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Gopi Sahai
Constituency	Mahuwa
In office 1957–1958
Preceded by	Gopi Sahai
Succeeded by	Bhora
Constituency	Mahuwa
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1962–1967
Constituency	Hindaun
Personal details
Born	24 April 1909 Mandawar, Jaipur State, British India
Died	8 February 1995 (aged 85) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Indian National Congress

Tika Ram Paliwal (24 April 1909 – 8 February 1995) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 3 March 1952 to 31 October 1952.

Paliwal was born in Gaur Brahmin^[1] family to Pandit Hukumchand & Sundari Devi at Mandawar, Rajasthan village in the present-day Mandawar tehsil of dausa district. He was a prominent Indian independence activist and was a minister in Jai Narayan Vyas government from 26 April 1951 to 2 March 1952. He became the chief Minister of first democratically elected Rajasthan Legislative Assembly as Jai Narayan Vyas lost in the elections. Later, Jai Narayan Vyas got elected in by-election from Kishangarh and again took over the post on 1 November 1952. So Tika Ram Paliwal resigned from the Cabinet for a short period and re-joined it.^[2]

He was MLA from Mahuwa twice in 1952 and 1957.^[3] In 1962, he was elected from the Hindaun Lok Sabha constituency as independent candidate.^[4]

• Government of Rajasthan
• List of chief ministers of Rajasthan

• Democratic Governments of Earlier Rajasthan (Interim Governments)
• History of Dausa