Rana Kanwar Pal Singh (born 16 October 1957) was an

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from INC and a member of the

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. He was the Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly from 2017-2022.

Early life and education

Early life

Singh was born in a Prominent

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family in Rupnagar. His family have vast lands in Punjab and had in

Lyalpur Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

of pre-partition

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 a ...

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

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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 from

Nangal Nangal is a town, near city of Rupnagar in Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It sits at the foot of the Shiwalik Hills where it was established after plans for a dam required the movement of previously established villages. Residential area ...

and

Anandpur Sahib Anandpur Sahib, sometimes referred to simply as Anandpur (lit. "city of bliss"), is a city in Rupnagar district (Ropar), on the edge of Shivalik Hills, in the Indian state of Punjab. Located near the Sutlej River, the city is one of the most ...

constituency 4 times since 2002. He was elected as MLA from Nangal Constituency and Anandpur Sahib constituency in 2007. In 2002 he was appointed a Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board and Parliamentary Secretary (Industry & Commerce) in Punjab Government. He worked as a Chairman of various Assembly Committees. Apart from being associated with party organizations, he was also appointed Senator in Punjab University from the year 2002–07.

Electoral performance

Personal life

Family

He married Rani Shashi Kanta a Bhati Rajput on 6 May 1981. He has two daughters (Married) and one son.

Other works

He is associated with various Congress party organizations and served the same as, Gen. Sec. Punjab Youth Cong., Gen. Sec. Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Spokesman

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and Member of

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and Vice President of

. He is against putting

Sikhs in Backward Class because of their glorious past and was also appointed Chief Patron of 'All India Rajput Student Union'.

References

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