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Partap Singh Shankar

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Partap Singh Shankar
President of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee[1]
In office
18 June 1933 - 13 June 1936
Preceded byGopal Singh Qaumi
Succeeded byTara Singh
Member of Punjab Legislative Council
In office
1923 - 1930
Preceded byBalwant Singh
Succeeded byGurbachan Singh
ConstituencyJullundar (Sikh-Rural)
Personal details
BornN/A
DiedN/A

Sardar Partap Singh Shankar was an active member of Gurdwara Reform Movement.[2]

He born in Sharikar Village at Jalandhar and also served as viceroy commissioned in Punjab army at Jalandhar.[3] Partap Singh was the father of India's first Defence Minister Swaran Singh. Partap Singh assumed the Public office in 1933 after Gopal Singh Quami's one day tenure as SGPC president.[3] He also won 1923 and 1926 Punjab Legislative Council election from Jullundar (Sikh-Rural) constituency.[3]

References

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  1. ^ SGPC former Presidents. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ Akali Lehar de Mahan Neta (Punjabi). Book by Partap Singh, Giani 1976.
  3. ^ a b c Sikh Political figures-Partap Singh. thesikhencyclopaedia.com