Partap Singh Shankar Explained

Partap Singh Shankar
Birth Date:N/A
Death Date:N/A
Office:President of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee[1]
Term:18 June 1933 - 13 June 1936
Successor:Tara Singh
Predecessor:Gopal Singh Qaumi
Office1:Member of Punjab Legislative Council
Term1:1923 - 1930
Constituency1:Jullundar (Sikh-Rural)
Predecessor1:Balwant Singh
Successor1:Gurbachan Singh

Sardar Partap Singh Shankar was an active member of Gurdwara Reform Movement.[2]

He born in Sharikar Village at Jalandhar and also served as viceroy commissioned in Punjab army at Jalandhar. Partap Singh was the father of India's first Defence Minister Swaran Singh. Partap Singh assumed the Public office in 1933 after Gopal Singh Quami's one day tenure as SGPC president.[3] He also won 1923 and 1926 Punjab Legislative Council election from Jullundar (Sikh-Rural) constituency.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://sgpcamritsar.org/sgpc-presidents.php SGPC former Presidents
  2. http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=1549&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched=W3GX&sbtsro=0 Akali Lehar de Mahan Neta
  3. https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographical/sikh-political-figures/partap-singh/ Sikh Political figures-Partap Singh