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Avinash Chander
Avinash Chander is an Indian politician and belongs to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represents Phillaur Phillaur is a city and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Punjab, India, Punjab. Overview Phillaur is the railway junction on the border line of Ludhiana Main .... He is also the chief parliamentary secretary for Higher Education & Languages department. Family His father's name is Mool Raj. His grandfather's name is Seth Kishan Dass. Political career Chander was first elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly from Kartarpur in 2007. In 2012, he successfully contested from the new constituency Phillaur. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chander, Avinash Living people Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Shiromani Akali Dal politicians People from Jalandhar distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalandhar District
Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent districts Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Ferozepur and Kangra. The entire Jalandhar Division was awarded to India when Punjab was partitioned. History Classical Jalandhar was the site of the Katoch Rajput kingdom of Jalandhara, also known as Trigartta. The date of its founding is unclear, but its presence is observed by the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang in the seventh century, and Kalhana records the defeat of Prithvi Chandra Raja of Trigartta by Sankara Varmma of Kashmir towards the end of the ninth century.Government of Punjab, Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XIV A. Jullundur District, with maps, 1904, Lahore, Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1908 Medieval Jalandhar became part of the Persianate Ghaznavid Empire during the reign of Ibrahim Shah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Legislative Assembly (India)
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become a Speaker of the Legislature. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab (India)
Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territory, union territories of Chandigarh to the east and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir to the north. It shares an international border with Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, a Pakistani province, province of Pakistan to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles), which is 1.53% of India's total geographical area, making it List of states and union territories of India by area, the 19th-largest Indian state by area out of 28 Indian states (20th largest, if UTs are considered). With over 27 million inhabitants, Punjab is List of states and union territories of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalandhar (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Jullundur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. It is reserved for schedule caste. Assembly segments Presently, after delimitation, this constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha segments: # Old assembly segments Before delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, this constituency comprised the following nine Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments: # Jullundur Cantonment # Jullundur North # Jullundur Central # Jullundur South # Kartarpur # Lohian # Nakodar # Kapurthala # Sultanpur Members of Parliament Election results 2019 2014 2009 1998 See also * Jalandhar district * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each MP, represents a single geographic constituency. There are current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagjit Singh (politician)
Chaudhary Jagjit Singh was an Indian politician and member of Punjab Legislative Assembly. Early life Chaudhary Jagjit Singh was born to Master Gurbanta Singh and Sampuran Kaur at Dhaliwal, Jalandhar, Punjab. After the death of his father he became his official political heir. Jagjit's younger brother, Santokh Singh Chaudhary is also a big leader and son Chaudhary Surinder Singh is a MLA from Kartarpur. Politics His political career started as a Sarpanch of their ancestral village '''Dhariwal Kadian and then appointed Chairman of Jalandhar Zila Parshad. He also held posts of Chairman of Block Samiti, Managing Director of Cooperative Bank and Chairman of Market Committee. He also remained the Cabinet Minister of Punjab for Labour and Employment and also Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development. He won the Punjab Assembly election five times continuously from Kartarpur Assembly Constituency in 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997 and 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarwan Singh
Sarwan Singh (born between 1927 and 1929) is a former Indian athlete who competed in the 110 metres hurdles. He won a gold medal at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila in the event. Forgotten for the rest of his life, he is said to have resorted to begging before receiving a pension of . Singh is also credited for having discovered the athlete Paan Singh Tomar, during his time as a Naik in the Bengal Engineer Group The Bengal Engineer Group (BEG) (informally the Bengal Sappers or Bengal Engineers) is a military engineering regiment in the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The unit was originally part of the Bengal Army of the East India Company's Ben .... Upon retiring from service in 1970, he drove taxi for nearly two decades. Achievements References Notes Citations {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Sarwan Living people 1920s births Year of birth uncertain Indian male hurdlers Athletes from Punjab, India Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games medalists in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillaur Assembly Constituency
Phillaur Assembly constituency is one of the 117 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Punjab state in India. It is part of Jalandhar district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2022 2017 See also * List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly * Jalandhar district Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent districts J ... References External links * {{coord, 31.22, 75.77, display=title Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India Jalandhar district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiromani Akali Dal
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Akali Party'') is a centre-right sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are many parties with the description ''Akali Dal'', the party that is recognised as "Shiromani Akali Dal ( Badal ) Aka Badal Dal " by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Sukhbir Singh Badal. The party has a moderate Punjabi agenda. On 26 September 2020, they left the NDA over the farm bills. There has been speculation over the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt), Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi, Punjab Lok Congress, Lok Insaaf Party and Haryana State Akali Dal; which Rajdeep Singh called the 'Shiromani Akali Dal (Lahore)' and would contest in the next elections. History British India Akali Dal was formed on 14 December 1920 as a task force of the Shiromani Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Seth Kishan Dass
Seth Kishan Dass was a leather trader, propagator of the Ad-Dharm movement, and a politician. Biography Seth Kishan Dass was born into a Chamar family of Punjab. He traveled to Calcutta and started working there in leather factories. After, some experience he invested in a leather tanning and trading business that flew away. With time Kishan Dass became one of the richest traders of the Jullundhar region and paved the way for fellow Chamars to be in the leather trade. Seth became involved in the Ad-Dharm movement with Babu Mangu Ram Mugowalia and purchased land for Ad Dharm mandals. Today, the Ravi Das High School runs in the place of Mandal. Being an Ambedkarite, he was instrumental in bringing Babasaheb Ambedkar at Bootan Mandi in Jalandhar for the campaign in the 1951 Punjab elections. He was elected in the first Punjab Legislative Assembly elections in 1937 and won from Jullundur Assembly Constituency (now Adampur) by beating Master Gurbanta Singh, another Ad-Dharm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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