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Amarinder Singh

Captain Amarinder Singh is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Punjab. He is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and he is also the head of the royal family of the erstwhile State of Patiala. Presently he is the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee as well as the Deputy Leader of Opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha. In 2014 general elections, he won the election from Amritsar defeating the BJP leader Arun Jaitley. Amarinder Singh is also expected to be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the Congress party in the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections. He is the titular Maharaja of Patiala. Born on 11th March 1942 in Patiala, Punjab, Amarinder Singh is the son of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh and Maharani Mohinder Kaur and the family belongs to the Phulkian Jat dynasty of Sidhu Brar descent. Amarinder Singh did his schooling from Welham Boys School and Lawrence School Sanawar before going to the Doon School in Dehradun. After graduating from the National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy, he joined Indian Army in 1963 but he resigned in 1965. He rejoined army and served as the Captain in the 1965 Indo-Pak war after the hostilities broke out with Pakistan. Amarinder Singh was a school friend of Rajiv Gandhi and he inducted Amarinder Singh into the Congress Party. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 but in 1984, he resigned from the parliament as well as from the party as a protest against the actions of the army during the Operation Blue Star. He then joined Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and was elected for the state legislature from Talwandi Sabo and become the minister in state for agriculture, forest, development and panchayats. He broke away from the Akali Dal in 1992 and formed his own group called Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic). In the Vidhan Sabha election, his party was defeated in the election and he himself was defeated from his constituency and had acquired only 856 votes. After Sonia Gandhi took over the control of the Cngress party, Amarinder Singh merged his party with the Congress party in 1998. In the 1998 elections, contesting from the Conress party, he was defeated from the Patiala constituency b a margin of 33,251 votes. In 1999 he was selected as the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and held this post till 2002. In 2002, he became the Chief Minister of Punjab and continued until 2007. He was again appointed as the chairman of Punjab Congress Committee in 2008. He has been a member of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for five terms and has represented Patiala thrice and once represented Samana and Talwand Sabo. In the 2014 general elections, he defeated a senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley by the margin of 1,02,000 votes. In November 2015, forecasting the 2017 assembly elections, Amarinder Singh was appointed as the President of Punjab Congress.Amarinder Singh is married to Preneet Kaur. His wife has served as an MP from 2009-2014 and was Minister of state in Ministry of external affairs . the couple has one son Raninder Singh and one daughter Jai Inder Kaur. His elder sister is married to K Natwar Singh, former foreign minister. Amarinder Singh came into controversies in September 2008 when a special committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha expelled him on the count of irregularities in the transfer of land related to the Amritsar Improvement Trust. However, Amarinder Singh was able to the held the committees decision on the case and in 2010 the Supreme Court held his expulsion and stated it unconstitutional and excessive. Amarinder Singh is also the president of All India Jat Maha Sabha and has been associated with the Maha Sabha from the past 30 years and has demanded reservations for Jats under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. He has also been an author and has written books on war and Sikh History. Books written by him include A Ridge Too Far, Lest We Forget, The Last Sunset: Rise and Fall of Lahore Durbar and The Monsoon War: Young Officers Reminisce 1965 India-Pakistan-War.

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Punjab Congress Crisis: CM Amarinder Strips Navjot Sidhu of Key Portfolio, Hands Him Renewable Energy
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Navjot Singh Sidhu Skips Punjab Cabinet Meet in Snub to CM Amarinder Singh
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Punjab Chief Minister Approves Sports University
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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday gave clearance for the operationalisation of a new...
Punjab Chief Minister Approves Sports University
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Sidhu Hits Back at CM Amarinder Singh, Says Being 'Singled Out' For Party's Poor Performance
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Amarinder Asks PM to Take up Guru Nanak Palace Demolition With Pakistan
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Amarinder Asks PM to Take up Guru Nanak Palace Demolition With Pakistan
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Emotional Chidambaram Appeals Rahul Not to Resign, Says Cadre in South Will Commit Suicide
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Sidhu Should Resign if he Can't Work With Amarinder: Punjab Minister
PTI | May 20, 2019 10:12 PM IST
Punjab Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot on Monday asked Navjot Singh Sidhu to resign from the state ca...
Sidhu Should Resign if he Can't Work With Amarinder: Punjab Minister
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Amarinder Singh Casts Doubt Over Accuracy of LS Elections 2019 Exit Polls, Believes Congress Will do Much Better
India.com News Desk | May 20, 2019 7:10 AM IST
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday dismissed the various exit polls conduct...
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Navjot Singh Sidhu Ambitious, Wants to Replace me Punjab CM: Captain Amarinder Singh
India.com News Desk | May 19, 2019 3:22 PM IST
New Delhi: Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday asserted that Navjot Singh Sidhu wants to replace him a...
Navjot Singh Sidhu Ambitious, Wants to Replace me Punjab CM: Captain Amarinder Singh
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Congress of 2019 Different From 2014, More Space Given to Regional Leaders: Amarinder
PTI | May 18, 2019 9:27 PM IST
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Will Quit if Congress is Wiped Out in Punjab in LS Polls: Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
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Will Quit if Congress is Wiped Out in Punjab in LS Polls: Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
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Modi Has Been Indulging in Theatrics Since he Came to Power: Amarinder Singh
IANS | May 16, 2019 11:25 PM IST
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Navjot Singh Sidhu Defends His Wife's Remarks About Being Denied Ticket by CM
IANS | May 16, 2019 11:20 PM IST
Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday defended his wife's remarks blaming the state...
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Sunny Deol Searching Career in Politics as Acting Career is Over: Punjab CM
IANS | May 11, 2019 11:54 PM IST
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Saturday that Bollywood star Sunny Deol had come from ...
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BJP Must Have Told Sunny Deol 'Either Come With us or Face I-T Raids', Claims Amarinder
PTI Feeds | May 11, 2019 5:58 PM IST
Bhoa (Pathankot): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday claimed that the BJP must have "put...
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What if Someone Starts Linking Modi With Godhra, Asks Amarinder Singh
IANS | May 10, 2019 11:32 PM IST
Taking strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attempt to link Rajiv Gandhi with the anti...
What if Someone Starts Linking Modi With Godhra, Asks Amarinder Singh
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2019-05-10T12:32:17+00:00
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Bikram Singh Majithia Predicts Congress Candidates Will Lose in LS Polls
PTI | May 4, 2019 12:03 AM IST
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