Background
Lal, Shiv X. was born on November 6, 1925 in Amritsar District, Punjab, India. Son of Ralla and Basant (Kaur) Ram.
Lal, Shiv X. was born on November 6, 1925 in Amritsar District, Punjab, India. Son of Ralla and Basant (Kaur) Ram.
Master of Science in Political Science, Government College Hoshiarpur, India, 1952. Diploma in Journalism, Punjab University, Delhi, 1956. Student (with honors in Punjabi), Punjab University, Lahore, 1945.
Parliamentary correspondent, collumnist, Hindustan Samachar News Agency, Delhi, 1952-1956;
correspondent, Hindustan Times and Press Trust of India, Delhi, 1952-1956;
producer government journals, bulletins, books, Ministry of Agriculture, Delhi, 1956-1960;
staff reporter, Times of India, Delhi, 1960-1966;
assistant editor, Tribune Chandigarh, Delhi, 1966-1968;
editor, Election Archives and International Politics, Delhi, since 1970. Director Institute for Electoral Studies, Delhi, since 1969. Lecturer journalism Rajendra Prasad College Mass Comm., Delhi, 1968-1972.
Visiting lecturer, paper setter Punjabi U., Patiala, 1976-1978. Social scientist Indian Council Social Sciences, since 1975.
General secretary All India Jana Sangh, Delhi, 1975-1977. Member Press Club of India (managing committee).
Married Sudershan Lal, December 13, 1946 (deceased April 1989). Children: Kiran Kukreja, Sandeep Bhaala.