Name of Member: Shri Basant Singh Khalsa

Political Party: Shiromani Akali Dal

Constituency & State: Ropar-SC (Punjab)

Lok Sabha Experience: 6,11

Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament XI LOK SABHA
KHALSA*, SHRI BASANT SINGH S.A.D. – Ropar-SC (Punjab)

Father's Name	:   	Sardar Kehar Singh

Date of Birth	:  	 2 March 1932

Place of Birth:		Chack No. 470-G.B., Lyallpur (Pakistan) 

Marital Status:   	Married on 13 April 1959

Spouse's Name	:	 Smt. Balbir Kaur

Educational Qualifications	 :

	B.A., C.Lib.Sc.
	Educated at Khalsa College, Patiala (Punjab) and Aligarh
	Muslim University, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession	 :

	Educationist

Permanent Address	 :

	435/23, Krishna Nagar, Civil Lines, Ludhiana- 1410001
	(Punjab)
	Tel: 3386735

Present Address	:
	406, Punjab Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001

Positions Held	 :

1969-70,	Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly
1972-77 and
1980-87

1970-71		Parliamentary Secretary, Education, Labour and Employment, Punjab

1972-85		Member, Estimates Committee, Punjab Legislative Assembly
		  Member, Public Accounts Committee and Committee on Welfare
		  Of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Punjab Legislative
		  Assembly

1977		Elected to Lok Sabha (Sixth)

1977-79		Member, Estimates Committee

1985-87		Minister of Health and Education, Punjab

1996		Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)


Social and Cultural Activities:	
	President, Khalsa Brother’s Students Federation, Punjab; Member, 
	Librarians’ Association; Member and Trustee, G.N.D. Engineering 
	College, Ludhiana; Trustee, Sri Dashmesh Academy, Sri Anandpur Sahib;
 	participated in student and youth acitivities; actively associated
 	with the upliftment of Harijans and promotionof education and art 
	in Punjab and Pepsu.

Special Interest	
	Education of women, welfare of agricultural labour, totoal literacy
	and health education programmes

Favourtie Pastment and Recreation	
	Reading

Sports and Clubs	
	Football

Countries Visited	
	Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and U.K.


Other Information	
	Librarian, Govt. Medical College, Patiala, 1957-69; General Secretary, 
	Kandri Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Chandigarh and New Delhi; Member, Khalsa 
	Pritinidhi Diwan (Punjab), Fatehgarh; General Secretary, Akalgrah 
	Charitable Trust, Ludhiana
  

Election Result	 :

Ropar-SCLok Sabha constituency

Total electorate		11,72,773
Total votes polled		 6,89,353

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates:

	

(1)	Shri Basant Singh Khalsa (S.A.D.)		3,27,958
(2)	Shri Shamsher Singh (I.N.C.)		         2,56,867
(3)	Shri Makhan Singh [S.A.D.(M)]			  75,702
(4)	Shri Satpal Singh  (Ind.)				   8,732

* Expired on 21 October 1996

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