Life in the IAS : My encounters with the three Lals of Haryana /
Three Lals of Haryana
Ram Varma.
- First impression.
- xxii, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Description About the Book: My Encounters With The Three Lals Of Haryana On 1 November 1966, India saw the birth of its 17th state, Haryana, carved out of Punjab. Two years prior, Ram Varma had graduated from the prestigious IAS Academy and was allocated to Punjab. He was then transferred to Haryana, which was a state in turmoil and had within a year infamously been stamped as a land of political infidelity—'Aya Rams and Gaya Rams.Having served in various capacities from subdivisional magistrate to chief secretary, Ram Varma relives the history of Haryana in the first three formative decades. An ambitious work, it covers the whole range of