Early Life
Devi Lal was born in a Jat family of the Sihag clan, in Teja Khera village of Sirsa district in present-day Haryana. His mother's name was Shugna Devi and father's name was Lekh Ram Sihag. Lekh Ram was a wealthy Jat landlord of Chautala village and he owned 2750 bighas of land. Devi Lal, whose original name was Devi Dayal, received education up to middle-school and also trained as a wrestler at an 'Akhara' in Badal village (Punjab). On Mahatma Gandhi's call, both he and his elder brother Sahib Ram, left their studies unfinished to take part in the freedom movement. His son Om Prakash Chautala has also served as Haryana's chief minister.
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