Shri Kirpal Singh Member of Parliament (MP) from Amritsar (Punjab) Biodata

Name of Member: Shri Kirpal Singh

Political Party: Independents

Constituency & State: Amritsar (Punjab)

Lok Sabha Experience: 9

9th Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile

KIRPAL SINGH, SHRI [Independent—Punjab, Amritsar, 1989]:  s. of Sardar Uttam Singh; b. at Sankhatia, Sialkot District, Pakistan, January 17 1917; m. Prakash Kaur, April 20, 1936, 3 s.; Timber Merchant, Political and Social Worker; suffered imprisonment in 1940 and again in 1942 during the Quit India Movement;

Public Offices held:  Chairman, Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, June 1972—December 1974;

 

Previous Association with Political Parties:  Member, PCC, Punjab, 1938-45, President, Tehsil Congress Narowal, Pakistan upto 1947, Vice President, D.C.C. Sialkot upto 1947; Convenor and President, JP, Punjab, 1986-89; President, JD, Punjab since 1989;

 

Previous Membership:  Legislative Assembly, Punjab, 1969-71, 1977-80, 1985-87;

 

Committee Experience:  Chairman, Public Accounts  Committee, Punjab Legislative Assembly, 1985-87; Chairman, Estimates Committee and Committee on Public Undertakings, Punjab Legislative Assembly from time to time; Member, Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions, March 20, 1990, Committee on Science and Technology, June 7, 1990 and Consultative Committee constituted under ‘Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987‘ January 29, 1990;

 

Favourite Pastime and Recreation:  Public service, comparative study of Religion and Urdu Poetry;

 

Travels Abroad: Pakistan;

 

Social Activities:  Upliftment of the downtrodden and weaker sections; light against injustice and excesses of Police Administration during the Operation Blue-Star; President, Samaj-Sudhar Sabha, Amritsar; as President of Chief Khalsa Diwan, opened a chain of English Medium Schools in rural and urban areas; Member, Saheed Parivar Sahayak Committee and Punjab Communal Harmony Committee;

 

Other Information:  Imprisonment for 19 months during Emergency; President, Chief Khalsa Diwan, Amritsar, 1982-1985; Member, Syndicate, Guru Nanak Dev University and Kurukshetra University, Rector, Khalsa College, Amritsar, 1990;

 

Permanent Address:  3758, Gali No. 4, Nai Abadi, Bhagtanwala, Amritsar.

 


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