Om Prakash Chautala Age, Death, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Politician, Agriculturalist
Famous For	Being the Former Chief Minister of Haryana
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Hazel Brown
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Politics
Political Party	Indian National Lok Dal
Political Journey	• In 1970, he became a member of the Janata Dal and elected for the first time to the Haryana state legislative assembly. • In 1987, he elected to the Rajya Sabha and served there until 1990. • In December 1989, he was appointed as the Chief Minister of Haryana for the first time. • He has served two more short tenures as Haryana Chief Minister from 1990 to 1991. • In the 1996 state assembly elections, he won a seat and became the opposition leader in the house after the HVP (Haryana Vikas Party) formed a government. The name of the party transformed to the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in 1998. • In the 1999 state assembly elections, he again became the Chief Minister of Haryana for the fourth time, with the support from the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). • In the 2000 state assembly elections, the Indian National Lok Dal allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party. The INLD formed a government after taking six seats from the BJP, and Chautala became Chief Minister for the fifth time. • In the state of polls of 2005 and 2009, the INLD failed in forming their government, but Chautala maintained his seat in the assembly in both elections. • His political career ended in 2013 when he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for JBT recruitment scam.
Personal Life
Date of Birth	1 January 1935 (Tuesday)
Birthplace	Chautala, Punjab, British India
Date of Death	20 December 2024
Place of Death	At his residence in Gurugram, Haryana
Age (at the time of death)	89 Years
Death Cause	Cardiac Arrest
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chautala, Sirsa, Haryana, India
School	Higher Secondary School Gramothan Vidyapeet, Sangria, Rajasthan
College/University	Did Not Attend
Educational Qualification	12th Pass Note: On 10 May 2022, he announced that he had passed his Class 10 and Class 12 exams at the age of 87. [1]Hindustan Times
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Sihag Jat Gotra
Address	Village Chautala, Distt. Sirsa, Haryana, India
Hobbies	Reading, Listening to Music
Controversies	• In 1990, he was involved in a controversy of killing his political opponent. • In 2008, he was involved in a scam of recruiting over 3000 unqualified teachers in Haryana state illegally from 1999 to 2000. In 2013, under several provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the IPC, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment along with his son, Ajay Singh Chautala. • 2 charges related to Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property (IPC Section-420) • 2 charges related to Forgery for cheating (IPC Section-468) • 2 charges related to Forgery of valuable security, will, etc. (IPC Section-467) • 2 charges related to Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record (IPC Section-471) • 2 charges related to Punishment of criminal conspiracy (IPC Section-120B) • On 27 May 2022, he was convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment by a special CBI court in a disproportionate assets case. The court also imposed a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on him. At the age of 87, Chautala became the oldest of the 19,584 inmates lodged in the different jails of Tihar. [2]Hindustan Times
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Widow
Family
Wife/Spouse	Sneh Lata Chautala (died in August 2019)
Children	Daughter(s)- 4 • Suchitra Chautala • Sunita Chautala • Anjali Chautala Son(s)- 2 • Ajay Singh Chautala (Politician) • Abhay Singh Chautala (Politician)
Parents	Father- Chaudhary Devi Lal (Politician) Mother- Harki Devi
Siblings	Brother(s)- 3 • Ranjit Singh Chautala • Pratap Singh Chautala • Jagdish Kumar Chautala Sister- 1 • Shanti Devi
Style Quotient
Car(s) Collection	• Toyota Camry Car (2006), Reg. No. HR 25 4977 • Mercedes Benz Car (2005), Reg. No. HR 22D 4977
Assets/Properties	Movable: • Cash- ₹5 Lakh • Deposits in Banks & Non-Banking Companies- ₹2.5 Crore • Jewellery- ₹54.5 Lakh • Other assets, such as values of claims / interests- ₹19 Lakh Immovable: • Agricultural Land worth ₹7.5 Crore • Non Agricultural Land worth ₹5.5 Lakh • Residential Buildings worth ₹5 Crore
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 15.5 Crore (as of 2009)

Some Lesser Known Facts about Om Prakash Chautala

• He was the eldest child to his parents. When his father, Chaudhary Devi Lal, was in jail fighting for the rights of farmers, being the eldest member of the family after his parents, he had to left his studies in between to fulfil his responsibilities.

• In 1977, he was caught at the Delhi airport in a case of wristwatch smuggling. When his father came to know this, he disowned him for years.

• Later, he entered politics and continued his studies. In 1989, when his father was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister of India, he appointed his son, Om Prakash Chautala as the Chief Minister of Haryana.

• Om Prakash Chautala served as the Chief Minister of Haryana State five times.

• His father, Chaudhary Devi Lal served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 1977 to 1979 and from 1987 to 1989 and also as the 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1991.

• In 2012, he appeared in an episode of the show, “Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?.” The show was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan.
  

  Om Prakash Chautala on the sets of Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain

• In 2013, after being found guilty in the JBT Recruitment Scam, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a New Delhi court along with his son, Ajay Singh Chautala.
  

  Om Prakash Chautala after Founding Guilty in JBT Recruitment Scam

• In an interview, his son, Abhay Singh Chautala said that
  

  “He has been in prison for the last four-and-a-half years. My father thought of putting his time to best use and pursue his studies. He often visits the Tihar jail library, where he reads books and newspapers. He also asks the jail staff to arrange for his favourite books.”

• In 2014, his daughter-in-law and Ajay Singh Chautala‘s wife, Naina Singh Chautala, the first woman from the Chautala Family, who elected for the first time and won the elections after defeating a Congress contender with a margin of more than 1 lakh votes.
  

  Om Prakash Chautala’s daughter-in-law Naina Singh Chautala