Iqbal Singh (Lok Sabha member) explained

Iqbal Singh
Term Start:1967
Term End:1970
Constituency:Fazilka[1]
Term Start2:January 1966
Term End2:March 1967
Term Start3:1962
Term End3:1967
Constituency3:Firozpur[2]
Term Start4:1957
Term End4:1962
Constituency4:Firozpur[3]
Term Start5:1954
Term End5:1957
Constituency5:Fazilka-Sirsa[4]
Party:Indian National Congress
Birth Date:27 October 1923
Birth Place:Punjab, India
Death Date:1988 (aged 64)
Death Place:Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Spouse:Rajeshwar Kaur
Children:3
Alma Mater:Sikh National College, Lahore

Sardar Iqbal Singh (27 October 1923 – 1988) was an Indian politician and member of parliament who represented Fazilka-Sirsa parliamentary constituency in 1st Lok Sabha (1954—57), Firozpur constituency in 2nd Lok Sabha (1957—62), and was re-elected from the same constituency in 3rd Lok Sabha (1962—67). He was last elected from Fazilka parliamentary constituency in 4th Lok Sabha (1967–70). A member of the Indian National Congress, he also served as a deputy-minister of Petroleum and Chemicals from January 1966 to March 1967 and deputy-minister for Works, Housing and Supply in 1967.

Life and career

Singh was born in Firozpur, Punjab, India on 27 October 1923 to Sardar Rattan Singh. He received his at M.B. High School, Abohar and Sikh National College, Lahore. He was the first to be appointed as a president of the Punjab Students' Congress from 1944 to 46, and later he organised students' movement in Lahore, in addition to participating in the Quit India Movement.[5] He was later jailed for taking part in the Quit India Movement.

Singh was also appointed as a member of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (1946—55), member of All India Congress Committee (AICC) in 1955, member of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) (1948—52) and was re-elected as PCC member in 1955, and later general secretary of All India Khalsa Dal.[5]

Singh was married to Rajeshwar Kaur, with whom he had three children, including one daughter and two sons.[6] He died in 1988, at the age of 64.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha . Parliament of India, Lok Sabha . 2021-08-20 . 2021-08-20.
  2. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha . Parliament of India, Lok Sabha . 2021-08-20 . 2021-08-20.
  3. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha . Parliament of India, Lok Sabha . 2021-08-20 . 2021-08-20.
  4. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha . Parliament of India, Lok Sabha . 2021-08-20 . 2021-08-20.
  5. Web site: Members Bioprofile . Parliament of India, Lok Sabha . 1923-10-27 . 2021-08-20.
  6. Web site: Sardar Iqbal Singh MP biodata Fazilka . ENTRANCEINDIA | Election Directory . 2018-12-24 . 2021-08-20.
  7. Book: Lok Sabha Debates . 1988 . 1 . 24 July 2022.