Amarjit Singh Samra was an Indian politician and a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. He was Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation in the Punjab Government from 2002 to 2007.

Political career

Samra started his career as a

sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

of Samrai in 1964. In 1975 he became chairman of development block or

panchayat samiti Panchayat samiti is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat ...

Rurka Kalan Rurka Kalan is a village in the Tehsil Phillaur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Khurd and Kalan Persian language word which means small and Big respectively when two villages have same name then it is distinguished as Kalan means Big and Khurd means ...

. He remained sarpanch till 1993. He was elected to the

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 ...

in 1994 in by election from Nakodar. He was re-elected in 1997, 2002 and 2007.Punjab Assembly Election 2007 Results
/ref> In the 2002 Congress government he was made Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samra, Amarjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal politicians Living people Indian Sikhs Punjab, India MLAs 1992–1997 Punjab, India MLAs 1997–2002 Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007 Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012 People from Jalandhar district 1943 births