Pargat Singh (born 5 March 1965) is a hockey player turned politician in

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and belongs to the

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. He is a former Indian

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player and his playing position was full back. He captained Indian men's hockey team at

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He has worked as an SP with Punjab police before taking a plunge into politics.

Champions Trophy

1985 (Perth)

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: At one point of time score board was ticking 1–5. Pargat Singh came forward and scored ''4 goals in the last 6 minutes''. The result was a draw but it made Pargat Singh known.

1986 (Karachi)

He played against

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to give India a 3–2 victory.

Olympics

He captained Indian men's hockey team at

and 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Political career

In 2003, He was vice-president of the Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Society of

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Shiromani Akali Dal

Singh was nominated for Jalandhar Cantonment Assembly constituency seat as SAD nominee which he subsequently won defeating Jagbir Singh Brar of Congress. He was suspended by SAD in July 2016. He along with

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and Bains brothers formed a new political front - Aawaaz-e-Punjab claiming to fight against those working against Punjab.

Congress

Singh was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional. He has been a Congress MLA since 2017 from the Jalandhar Cantt constituency. He has been nominated again by Jalandhar Cantt for elections 2022. He is going to contest the Punjab assembly elections for the third time in a row. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the

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by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the

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. MP

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was sworn in as

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on 16 March 2022. In 2017, he was nominated as the General Secretary of Hockey Punjab.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Pargat 1965 births Living people Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Arjuna Award Indian Sikhs Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Field hockey players from Jalandhar Former members of Shiromani Akali Dal Punjab, India MLAs 2022–2027 Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 Indian sportsperson-politicians Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1986 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in field hockey Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players of India Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022