Dhir Muni Lal (11 January 1913 – 8 January 1990) was an Indian diplomat and first class cricketer.[1]
Lal was a right-handed opening batsman and played his cricket with both Southern Punjab and Northern India. He played a two-day match against M.C.C. in 1933-34 and his last first class match was against West Indies in 1948-49. Lal also played for the Punjab University, Lahore.[2] He made five first-class half centuries, with his highest score of 90 made in the 1937-38 Ranji Trophy. Outside the playing field, he was the editor of Crickinia, an early Indian cricket annual. His son Akash Lal was a first class cricketer, cricket administrator and commentator while his nephew Arun Lal played Test cricket for India.
Muni Lal had a distinguished academic and diplomatic career. He completed M.Phil. in University of the Punjab in 1935. He worked for the Civil and Military Gazette till 1947. After the partition of India, he joined the Indian Foreign Service. He served in Pakistan, Australia, United States, Indonesia and the United Kingdom. He was the High commissioner to West Indies and ambassador to Somalia.[2] In his last first class match, Lal had scored 0 and 4, dismissed in both innings by Gerry Gomez.[3] When he moved to Trinidad as the high commissioner, Gomez was one of the first people who he met there.[4]
During a burglary at his home in 1990, Lal and his wife were murdered by the intruders.[5]
^CricketArchive profile
^ abObituary in Indian Cricket 1990, p.724
^North Zone v West Indians, 3–6 November 1948
^Stollmeyer, Jeff, Everything Under the Sun (1983), p.62
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part of Akbar's harem as a spouse, a concubine or a servant. Thus, as per MuniLal, Anarkali was a maidservant in the household of Salim's mother, Mariam-uz-Zamani...
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Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Maharashtra State. p. 13. MuniLal, Mini Mughals (1989), p. 29 University, Centre of Advanced Study, Department...
(1916). Bijapur and it's Architectural Remains. p. 17. Lal, Muni (1 December 2002). Aurangzeb - MuniLal - Google Books. ISBN 9780706940176. Retrieved 20 November...
Congress 1987 MuniLal Lokdal 1991 Shakuntla Bhagwaria Indian National Congress 1996 Jaswant Singh Haryana Vikas Party 2000 Dr. MuniLal Ranga Indian National...
Volume 1" p.189 John Cadgwan Powell Price,"A History of India" p.313 MuniLal,"Aurangzeb" p.93 Sohoni, Pushkar (1 April 2018). "Imbrication and Implication"...
made the new Sarnaubat(Master of Cavalry), which further enraged Santaji. Munilal is of opinion that Santaji was not patriotic for the maratha state and...
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He has written many books[quantify] and on Haryana the Scholars such as MuniLal, Murli Chand Sharma, HA Phadke and Sukhdev Singh Chib believe that the...
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Zahiruddin Malik (1977). The Reign Of Muhammad Shah 1919-1748. p. 24. MuniLal (1989). Mini Mughals. Konark Publishers. p. 28. ISBN 9788122001747. Zahiruddin...
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31 Jullundhar Seth Krishan Das Unionist Party 32 27 Ludhiana-Ferozpur MuniLal Kalia Indian National Congress 33 Ludhiana-Ferozpur Gopal Singh Unionist...
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