Capt. Amarinder Singh (born March 11, 1942, Patiala, India) is an MLA in the Vidhan Sabha and former Chief Minister of Punjab. Punjab, India Chief Ministers of India http://punjabassembly. ... Parkash Singh Badal is the current president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, a political party recognised in the Indian state of Punjab. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Patiala   (Punjabi: ਪਟਿਆਲਾ) is a city in the Punjab state of India. ... , This article is about the Indian state of Punjab. ... Look up Congress in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Preneet Kaur (born 3 October 1944) is an Indian politican for the Patiala (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Punjab. ... Patiala   (Punjabi: ਪਟਿਆਲਾ) is a city in the Punjab state of India. ... Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi and Hindi A Sikh( or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Patiala   (Punjabi: ਪਟਿਆਲਾ) is a city in the Punjab state of India. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... This article details the Indian state of Punjab. ...

Background

He is the son of Late Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala and was the head of the former royal house of Patiala. He was educated at Doon school. It has been suggested that Maharaj be merged into this article or section. ... Yadavenadrasingh (Yuvraj of Patiala) (born January 17, 1913, Patiala, Punjab, died June 17, 1974, The Hague, Netherlands) was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1934. ... Patiala   (Punjabi: ਪਟਿਆਲਾ) is a city in the Punjab state of India. ... The Doon School was Indias first public school and owes its existence to the vision and foresight of Mr. ...

Army background

He was commissioned in the Indian Army in June 1963 and resigned in early 1965. He rejoined the Army immediately because hostilities broke out with Pakistan and took part in the actual operations in war against Pakistan and again resigned after the war was over in early 1966. The Indian Army is one of the armed forces of India and has responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Political career

He was elected to the Lok Sabha on an INC ticket in 1980. In 1984, he resigned from Parliament and from Congress(I) as a protest against the Army entry in Darbar Sahib's complex in Operation Bluestar. He became convenor of the Sikh Forum and joined the Shiromani Akali Dal. He was elected to the state legislature and became a minister in the state government for Agriculture, Forest, Development and Panchayats. Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... INC can refer to: Indian National Congress Iraqi National Congress Iglesia ni Cristo International Network of Crackers, a major warez organization during the early 1990s. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... The Operation Blue Star (also known as the Golden Temple Massacre) (June 4 to June 6, 1984) was the Indian military raid of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, the holiest temple of the Sikh religion. ... Akali Dal, also termed as Shiromani Akali Dal (Akali Religious Party), is a Sikh political party mainly based in Punjab, India. ...

He broke away from the Akali Dal and formed a splinter group which later merged with the Congress. His wife Parneet Kaur was elected to Parliament in 1999 and again in 2004.

His sister is married to congress politician Natwar Singh who was Minister of External Affairs till 2005 in the Manmohan Singh government. Natwar Singh (born May 16, 1931) is an Indian politician and the external affairs minister of India in the Manmohan Singh cabinet since May 23, 2004. ... // He was born on 26 September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in district Chakwal, Pakistan). ...