6th World Punjabi Conference

picture info	6th World Punjabi Conference 6th World Punjabi Conference is a two-day panel discussion based conference regarding Punjab's education, language, literature, agriculture, security and politics. It is held in Chandigarh on 10–11 March 2018 and inaugurated Rana KP Singh, Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha and Navjot Singh Sidhu Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality and retired international cricketer. He is the former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of To ..., Cultural Affairs and Tourism Minister with emphasis on the development of Punjabi language and society. Others who spoke were Punjabi University, Patiala's vice-chancellor BS Ghuman; Namdhari Satguru Uday Singh and former director, World Punjabi Centre, Deepak Manmohan Singh. Anita Singh, Jang Bahadur Goyal, Sukhi Bath, and Iqbal Mahal were honoured for their contribution to Punjabi language and culture. On Sunday, the conference shifts to Punjab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rana KP Singh Rana Kanwar Pal Singh (born 16 October 1957) was an Indian politician from INC and a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He was the Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2017-2022. Early life and education Early life Singh was born in a Prominent Hindu Rajput Katoch family in Rupnagar. His family have vast lands in Punjab and had in Lyalpur of pre-partition Punjab. Education After completing his primary education/schooling from Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar, he did his graduation from Government College, Ropar. Subsequently, he obtained the professional degree of LLB and started practice as an Advocate. Political career A voracious reader by nature, he took a keen interest in agriculture apart from being a successful lawyer. He joined Indian National Congress through its youth organization Youth Congress in the year 1975 and since then he has been working continuously and untiringly for the people of Ropar district. He has contested assembly elections fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner. The Speaker of the sixteenth assembly is Kultar Singh Sandhwan. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the ''Vidhan Bhavan'' in Chandigarh. History In the British Raj, an Executive Council was formed under The Indian Councils Act, 1861. It was only under the Government of India Act 1919 that a Legislative Council was set up in Punjab. Later, under the Government of India Act 1935, the Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted with a membership of 175. It was summoned for the first time on 1 April 1937. In 1947, Punjab Province was partitioned into West Punjab and East Punjab a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Navjot Singh Sidhu Navjot Singh Sidhu (born 20 October 1963) is an Indian National Congress politician, television personality and retired international cricketer. He is the former President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Formerly, he was the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs in the state government of State of Punjab. As a professional cricketer, Sidhu had a career spanning over 19 years after his first-class debut in 1981–82. After losing his place in the national team following his international debut in 1983–84, he returned to score four half-centuries in the 1987 World Cup. Playing mostly as a top-order batter, Sidhu went on to play in 51 Tests and 136 One-Day-Internationals for his country. He came to be known for his six-hitting ability and earned the sobriquet "Sixer Sidhu". After retirement, he turned to commentary and television, most notably as a judge of comedy shows, and as a permanent guest in '' Comedy Nights with Kapil'' (2013–2015) and later ''The Kapil Shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]