List of assassinated Indian politicians.Sucha Bassi, Baldev Singh and Nahar Singh 'Fauji' - were convicted and hanged in 1969 while the fourth accused, Daya Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment and released in 1994. Sucha had planned the killing of Kairon in revenge, because he believed that Kairon had taken a personal interest in securing the conviction of one Ajit Singh and his father Bir Singh in a murder case. The three were murdered by Sucha Bassi, Baldev Singh and Nahar Singh 'Fauji'. On 6 February 1965, he was on his way from Delhi to Chandigarh when he was waylaid near Rasoi village, Sonipat district, and shot dead along with his personal assistant - an IAS officer, and the driver.

In 1964, following the publication of the report of the commission of inquiry which had exonerated him of the bulk of the allegations made against him by his political adversaries, Partap Singh Kairon resigned from his position as chief minister of the Punjab. Partap Singh Kairon (left) with the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru (right) on 30 December 1958 Assassination Over three million migrated people were resettled in East Punjab (India) by allotment of dwellings, employments and land distribution, in a very short period of time. He was jailed again in the 1942 Quit India Movement and was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946.Īfter Independence in 1947, Partap Singh Kairon held various offices in the elected state government including Rehabilitation Minister, Development Minister (1947–1949) and Chief Minister (21 January 1956 to 23 June 1964).Īs Minister for Rehabilitation in the days immediately after Partition of India, Kairon handled the task of resettlement of millions of refugees who had migrated from West Punjab (Pakistan). He entered the Punjab Legislative Assembly as an Akali nominee in 1937, defeating the Congress candidate, Baba Gurdit Singh of Sarhali.įrom 1941 to 1946, he was the General Secretary of the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee.

He was jailed in 1932 for five years for participating in civil disobedience. He was first a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal, and later of the Indian National Congress. He joined politics and the newspaper was eventually shut down. On 13 April 1932 he started an English language weekly paper called The New Era in Amritsar. Surinder's son Adesh Partap Singh Kairon is married to the daughter of Prakash Singh Badal, Preneet Kaur and has been a minister in the Punjab government(Shiromani Akali Dal). While the younger Gurinder remained Congressman like his father, Surinder later joined Shiromani Akali Dal. They were Surinder Singh Kairon, Gurinder Singh Kairon and Sarbrinder Kairon Grewal respectively. Partap Singh Kairon had two sons and one daughter. He was impressed by farming methods practised in the U.S.A and hoped to replicate the same in India later. He also received his Master's degree in Economics from University of California at Berkeley before going to Michigan. He received his Master's degree in political science from the University of Michigan. During his time in USA, he supported himself by working on farms and in factories.

Brown Cambridge School in Dehra Dun and Khalsa College, Amritsar and then went to the United States for further studies. His father, Nihal Singh Kairon (1863-1927), was a pioneer in initiating women's education in the province. His grandfather was Sardar Gulab Singh Dhillon. His last name was taken from the village of Kairon in the Amritsar district, of Tehsil Tarn Taran in province of Punjab during the British Raj era. Partap Singh Kairon was born on 1 October 1901, into a Jat Sikh family. His political influence and views are still considered to dominate politics in Punjab. He was jailed twice by the British Empire, once for five years for organizing protests against British rule. Moreover, he was an Indian independence movement leader. Was the Chief Minister of the Punjab province (then comprising Punjab, Haryana and part of Himachal Pradesh), and is widely acknowledged as the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province (or Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as of today). Partap Singh Kairon (1 October 1901 – 6 February 1965)

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