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]