New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha speaker Bali Ram Bhagat died in a hospital here Sunday. He was 89.

He is survived by his wife Vidhya Bhagat, a son and a daughter.

He was admitted in the Apollo hospital and was being treated for kidney and lever ailments.

Bhagat was elected speaker of the fifth Lok Sabha in 1976 when the country was under an Emergency. He remained in the post for a year.

He was born Oct 7, 1922 in Patna, where he studied economics. He was also governor of Himachal Pradesh for a short period in 1993 and of Rajasthan from 1993 to 1998.