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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