Chaudhary Jagjit Singh was an Indian politician and member of
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, directl ...
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Early life
Chaudhary Jagjit Singh was born to Master Gurbanta Singh and Sampuran Kaur at
Dhaliwal Dhaliwal may refer to;
Villages in Punjab, India
*Dhaliwal, Nakodar, Jalandhar district
* Dhaliwal Bet, Kapurthala district
* Dhaliwal Dona, Kapurthala district
* Mand Dhaliwal, Kapurthala district
Other uses
*Dhaliwal (surname)
Dhaliwal is a c ...
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Jalandhar
Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...
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Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
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After the death of his father he became his official political heir. Jagjit's younger brother,
Santokh Singh Chaudhary
Santokh Singh Chaudhary (born 18 June, 1946) is an Indian politician who is a former Cabinet Minister of Punjab and a member of parliament from Jalandhar (Lok Sabha constituency). He won the 2014 Indian general election and 2019 Indian general e ...
is also a big leader and son
Chaudhary Surinder Singh
Chaudhary Surinder Singh (born 30 December 1956) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress.
Personal life
Surinder Singh was born to Chaudhary Jagjit Singh and Gurbachan Kaur at Dhaliwal, Jalandhar, Punjab. He belongs ...
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
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
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1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
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1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
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1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
and
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
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In 1998, he was appointed the Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly and also served as the Vice-President of Punjab Congress Committee.
His name was also floored in
Ludhiana City Centre scam.
He died on 4 August 2015 due to heart attack.
References
1934 births
2015 deaths
People from Punjab, India
Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India
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