Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich (died 9 January 2013) was a

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politician and member of the

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. He was born in India and he was the first Sikh member of the House of Lords. King served as Councillor on

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from 1979 to 2007; he was a deputy mayor from 1982 to 1983. He was created a life peer on 22 July 1999 as Baron King of West Bromwich, ''of

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in the County of West Midlands''. From 1999 to 2003 he was a member of the

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. After 2006 he was Treasurer of the

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on India. He was a member of National Advisory Group for Gun Control of National Police Service and President of the Black Country Housing and Community Services Group. He was also the Patron of the Universal Peace Federation which is an affiliate of the

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. He died of a suspected heart attack on 9 January 2013, at Euston station in London. He was 75.

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* http://www.obv.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=471&Itemid=115 * https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199899/minutes/990728/ldminute.htm * http://www.sophiaandme.org.uk/LORDS%20SURNAMES.pdf * http://peerages.info/peerages5.htm * http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-tarsem-king 1937 births 2013 deaths Councillors in the West Midlands (county) Labour Party (UK) life peers British politicians of Indian descent Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{Life-peer-stub