Capt. Kanwaljit Singh (1 September 1942 – 29 March 2009) was a

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 ...

Cooperation Minister and

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 ...

's, General Secretary. He was injured in a road accident near Kharar on 29 March 2009 and died at

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Chandigarh on the same day.

Biography

Kanwaljit Singh was born to Dara Singh in

Nabha Nabha is a city and municipal council in the Patiala district in the south-west of the Indian state of Punjab. It was the capital of the former Nabha State. Nabha is also a sub-division city which comes under Patiala district. Geography Nabha ...

. A former

army captain The army rank of captain (from the French ) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers. The rank is also used by some air forces and marine forces. Today, a captain is typically either t ...

(short service commission), Singh represented the

Banur Banur (also transliterated as Banoor, Binoor and Binor) is a small town in the Punjab state of India. It is located in the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district of Punjab. It is about 22 km south of Mohali, 12 kms north of Rajpura and 30 ...

assembly segment in the

assembly, and was elected a

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(MLA) three times. He was one of the senior-most Akali leaders in the

Parkash Singh Badal Parkash Singh Badal ( pa, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ; born 8 December 1927) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab state from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017. He i ...

-led government, his first stint being as State Home Minister in the then

Surjit Singh Barnala Surjit Singh Barnala (21 October 1925 – 14 January 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Punjab state from 1985 to 1987. Following that he served as the governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh , l ...

Ministry in the 1980s. At the time of his death, he was in charge of the Cooperation, Defence Service Welfare, Removal of Grievances, Pensions & Welfare of Pensioners Wing of the Finance Department.

Positions held

* Cabinet minister (Cooperation, Defence Service Welfare, Removal of Grievances, Pensions & Welfare of Pensioners Wing of the Finance Department) * Minister for Finance and Planning * Minister of State for Home Affairs * Vice-Chairman, Punjab State Planning Board * Chairman, Empowered Committee to facilitate the growth of social and economic infrastructure * Member, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers * Vice-Chairman, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board

Personal life

His son Jasjit Singh Bunny resigned from primary membership of

on 3 April 2009 and announced his decision to contest as an Independent from the

Patiala Lok Sabha constituency Patiala Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. Assembly segments This constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are: Members ...

. Bunny also resigned as chairman of the ''Punjab Cooperative Bank'', a post which he got by virtue of his father being the cooperation minister, despite losing the 2007 Assembly election from Kharar. It was speculated that

Sukhbir Singh Badal Sukhbir Singh Badal (born 9 July 1962) is an Indian politician and the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, and is currently a member of Parliament from the Firozpur. He served as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab from 2009 to 2017. He is the son of ...

's statement that, "there was no need to make any further adjustment for Bunny" was responsible for Bunny's sudden outburst.

References

External links

Question Asked By Kanwaljit Singh, Captain
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