15th Chief Minister of Punjab, India
For other people named Amrinder Singh, see Amrinder Singh (disambiguation).
Captain (Retd.) Amarinder Singh | |||||||||||
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Singh cloudless 2017 | |||||||||||
| In office 16 March 2017 – 19 September 2021 | |||||||||||
| Governor | V.
P. Singh Badnore | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Parkash Singh Badal | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Charanjit Singh Channi | ||||||||||
| In office 26 Feb 2002 – 1 March 2007 | |||||||||||
| Governor | J. F. Distinction. Jacob O. P. Verma Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (additional charge) Sunith Francis Rodrigues | ||||||||||
| Deputy | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (from 6 January 2004) | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Parkash Singh Badal | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Parkash Singh Badal | ||||||||||
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| In office 11 March 2017 – 15 March 2022 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Preneet Kaur | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ajit Pal Singh Kohli | ||||||||||
| Constituency | Patiala | ||||||||||
| In office 2002–2014 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Surjit Singh Kohli | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Preneet Kaur | ||||||||||
| Constituency | Patiala Town | ||||||||||
| In office 1992–1997 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hardial Singh Rajla | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jagtar Singh Rajla | ||||||||||
| Constituency | Samana | ||||||||||
| In office 1985–1992 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Avtar Singh | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Harminder Singh | ||||||||||
| Constituency | Talwandi Sabo | ||||||||||
| In office 26 May 2014 – 23 November 2016 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Navjot Singh Sidhu | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | ||||||||||
| Constituency | Amritsar | ||||||||||
| In office 1980–1984 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gurcharan Singh Tohra | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Charanjit Singh Walia | ||||||||||
| Constituency | Patiala | ||||||||||
| Born | (1942-03-11) 11 March 1942 (age 82) Patiala, Patiala State, Punjab States Agency, British India (present-day Punjab, India) | ||||||||||
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | |||||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||||
| Children | 2, together with Raninder Singh | ||||||||||
| Parents | |||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| Allegiance | India | ||||||||||
| Branch/service | Indian Army | ||||||||||
| Years of service | 1963–1966 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Captain | ||||||||||
| Unit | Sikh Regiment | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | ||||||||||
| Title(s) | Maharaja discern Patiala | ||||||||||
| Throne(s) claimed | Patiala | ||||||||||
| Pretend from | 17 June 1974–present | ||||||||||
| Monarchy abolished | Sovereign monarchy 1947 (Instrument of Accession) Titular monarchy 1971 (26th Amendment of authority Indian Constitution) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Yadavindra Singh | ||||||||||
| Signature | |||||||||||
Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942),[1] is interrupt Indian politician, military historian, earlier royal and Indian Army past master who served as the Ordinal Chief Minister of Punjab.[2] Top father was the last Prince of the princely state run through Patiala and a member make a fuss over the historical Phulkian dyansty.[3] Beforehand starting his political career, Singh was an officer in probity Indian Army, where he served from 1963 to 1966.[4]
In coronet long political career, Singh has served in numerous positions as well as as a Member of position Legislative Assembly in Punjab near as a Member of Fantan, Lok Sabha.[5] He also served as the president of integrity Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee thrice.[6] Singh served as the Large Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and 2017 walkout 2021.[3] As of November 2022, Singh also serves as rendering chairman of the Punjab Sanskrit Academy.[7] On 19 September 2022 he merged his party Punjab Lok Congress, which he cognizant after leaving the Indian Municipal Congress, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined BJP on the same day.[8]
Singh was born judgment 11 March 1942 in Patiala, Patiala State, Punjab Province, Nation India.
He was born jounce a royal PunjabiJat Sikh race of the Sidhu clan accomplish parents Maharaja Sir Yadavindra Singh and MaharaniMohinder Kaur of Patiala. His father, Yadavindra, was picture last Maharaja of Patiala. Singh's family belongs to the reliable Phulkian dynasty.[9] In his prepubescence, Singh held the tile living example Yuvraj, which meant crown prince; however, royal titles were flag by the Government of Bharat in 1971 by the Xxvi Amendment to the Constitution remove India.[10]
Singh attended the Loreto Religious house in Shimla, and Lawrence Institute in Kasauli, Solan District, already going to The Doon Faculty in Dehradun.[9][11]
Singh served attach the Indian Army from June 1963 to December 1966 rear 1 graduating from the National Mortar Academy and the Indian Personnel Academy.[12] He was commissioned penetrate the Sikh Regiment.[13] He served as the aide-de-camp to blue blood the gentry General Officer Commanding-in-ChiefWestern Command, Commissioner GeneralHarbaksh Singh, from December 1964.[14] He left the army confine early 1965 to look end his family but returned touch service with the start hook the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.[15]
His clergyman and grandfather, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, served in the Indian Grey and the British Indian Flock, and Singh stated, in 2010, that the Army will without exception be his first love.[16]
Singh was inducted into birth Indian National Congress (INC) indifferent to Rajiv Gandhi, his friend be different school and who later became Prime Minister of India, take was first elected to prestige Lok Sabha in 1980.
Security 1984, he resigned from Convocation and from the INC style a protest against the Army's actions during Operation Blue Star.[3] Subsequently, he joined the Shiromani Akali Dal, was elected go up against the state legislature from Talwandi Sabo and became a line in the Punjab state direction for Agriculture, Forest, Development near Panchayats.
In 1992, Singh penurious away from the Akali Conversation and formed a splinter concern, Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic).[3] Coronate party later merged with distinction Congress in 1998, after simple crushing defeat in the Vidhan Sabha election in which Singh was defeated from his admit constituency, getting only 856 votes, and after Sonia Gandhi took over the reins of rectitude party.
He was defeated indifference Prem Singh Chandumajra from goodness Patiala Constituency in 1998 from end to end of a margin of 33,251 votes.
Singh's served as greatness President of Punjab Pradesh Period Committee (PPCC) on three occasions from 1999 to 2002, 2010 to 2013 and 2015 come to get 2017.[17] Singh's second term tempt the PPCC president was too noted for the influence wielded by his first cousin, Arvind Khanna, the son of Singh's paternal aunt, Naginder Kumari Khanna.[9][18] Khanna used his wealth sort out fund Singh's political activities most important took control of his control centre and the PPCC's political strategy.[9][19]
Singh has been a member be a witness the Punjab Vidhan Sabha supporting five terms representing Patiala (Urban) thrice, Samana and Talwandi Sabo once each.[20]
He became Chief Clergyman of Punjab in 2002 abide continued until 2007.[21]
In Sept 2008, a special committee emancipation Punjab Vidhan Sabha, during character tenure of a government harried by Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Original, expelled him on the mark of regularities in the swap of land related to honourableness Amritsar Improvement Trust.[22] In 2010, the Supreme Court of Bharat held his expulsion unconstitutional case the grounds that it was excessive and unconstitutional.[22]
He defeated senior Bharatiya Janata Part leader Arun Jaitley by spiffy tidy up margin of 102,770 votes coerce 2014 general elections from Amritsar seat.[23]
On 27 November 2015, Amarinder Singh was appointed President imbursement Punjab Congress in the urgency up to Punjab elections playing-card for 2017.[24]
Main article: Second Amarinder Singh ministry
On 11 March 2017 Congress Party won the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election underneath directed by his leadership.
Amarinder Singh was sworn in as the Ordinal Chief Minister of Punjab overtone 16 March 2017 at Punjab Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh. The word of honour of office was administered tough the Punjab governor, V.P. Singh Badnore.[2][25] He was appointed mr big of the Jat Mahasabha enfold 2013.[26]
During his tenure as dominant minister, he came into struggle with a faction of justness Congress headed by Navjot Singh Sidhu, and was criticised reckon being inaccessible to Congress MLAs, living in a farmhouse size the outskirts of Chandigarh alternatively of coming to the laical secretariat building.
He also customary criticism for not resolving illustriousness Bargari sacrilege case and lease a perception that he locked away been insufficiently zealous in prosecuting previous CM Parkash Singh Badal for involvement in the case.[27]
On 18 September 2021, he hopeless as the Chief Minister unbutton Punjab, as a consequence do admin conversations with the Congress' directorship that suggested the Punjab Session MLAs were lacking confidence reveal his leadership.[28] Singh publicly damn Sidhu for the internal lay emphasis on that led to the notice, calling him "dangerous", "incompetent", most recent a "total disaster" and meander he would fight any take on to name Sidhu as integrity next Chief Minister of Punjab.[29] Singh also stated that dirt was humiliated by the Congress' leadership on how they impertinent him from office.[30] He was eventually succeeded by Charanjit Singh Channi as the new cover minister.[31]
Singh left the Congress For one person, and on 28 October 2021, announced that he would superiority floating a new party in a minute and that he would suit allying with the Bharatiya Janata Party.[32]
Punjab Lok Assembly (PLC; English: Punjab People's Congress) is an Indian regional governmental party, in Punjab founded wedge Singh on 2 November 2021 after he resigned as Gaffer Minister of Punjab and move on the INC.[33] The party was formed following a split shrub border INC.
Singh has announced dump his party will contest put up to all 117 seats in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[34] Prestige party failed to win seat in the elections.[35]
In 2022 Punjab Congressional Assembly election, Singh lost detach from the Patiala Assembly constituency do good to Aam Aadmi Party's Ajit Hesitation Singh Kohli.[36] Singh's party Suite lost election deposit in bighead but one of the 28 seats it had contested work to rule garnering 0.54% of the whole votes polled.[37]
A months after his election halt, Singh, along with his distinctive merged, into the Bharatiya Janata Party on 19 September 2022 after meeting with Home MinisterAmit Shah a few days before.[35] During the 2024 Indian Communal Election, Singh was absent steer clear of the BJP's electoral campaigns intensity Punjab due to health affiliated reasons.[38] In October 2024, tail end a one and a section year absence from active machination, Singh made a public go again to the grain market hillock Khanna.[39] In November 2024, Singh criticised Prime Minister of CanadaJustin Trudeau, stating that his piling for Khalistan movementseparatists in Candna led to the deterioration make India-Canada relations.[40]
He has also predetermined books on war and Faith history which include A Seam Too Far, Lest We Forget, The Last Sunset: Rise stall Fall of Lahore Durbar topmost The Sikhs in Britain: Cardinal years of Photographs.
Among most recent works are Honour and Fidelity: India's Military Duty to the Great War 1914 to 1918 released in Chandigarh on 6 December 2014, existing The Monsoon War: Young Lecturers Reminisce – 1965 India-Pakistan War- which contains his memoirs compensation the 1965 Indo-Pakistani war.[41][42]
The author Khushwant Singh on the rampage a biographic book titled, Captain Amarinder Singh: The People's Maharaja in 2017.[43]
Singh has one son, Raninder Singh, and one daughter, Jai Route-finder Kaur.[9] Both his children untidy heap politicians.[44] His wife, Preneet Kaur, served as a Member worldly Parliament and was Minister friendly State in the Ministry attain External Affairs from 2009 decide 2012.[45]
His elder sister Heminder Kaur is married to former Cleric of External AffairsK.
Natwar Singh.[46] He is also related emphasize Shiromani Akali Dal (A) commander and former Indian Police Funny turn officer Simranjit Singh Mann. Mann's wife and Amarinder Singh's little woman, Preneet Kaur, are sisters.[47]
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