Know your Politician
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Father’s Name
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Sardar Sohan Singh Atwal
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Shiv Devi
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Date of Birth
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15.03.1937
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Place of Birth
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Chak No. 251, District. Montgomery, Sahiwal (now in Pakistan)
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Marital Status
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MARRIED
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Date of Marriage
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12 Feb 1968
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Inderjit Kaur
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No. of Sons
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2
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No.of Daughters
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3
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A., LL.B.
Educated at G.G.N. Khalsa College, Ludhiana and
Panjab University, Chandigarh
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Profession
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Advocate
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Permanent Address |
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484-A, Model Town Extension,
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Ludhiana – 141 001 (Punjab)
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Tels. (0091-161)2463199, 2461014
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Present Address |
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(i) 1, Sunehri Bagh Road,
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New Delhi-110 001
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Tels. (011) 23792050, 23034976 (R)
Fax: (011) 23010050 (R), 23017455 (O)
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(ii) 1, Parliament House,
New Delhi – 110 001
Tels. (011) 23012832, 23034675, 23034694
Fax: (011) 23017455
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Position Held |
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1977
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Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly
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1985
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Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
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Deputy Leader, Shiromani Akali Dal, Parliamentary Group
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Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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March 1997-2002
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Speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly
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Chairman, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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9 June 2004 onwards
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Depty Speaker, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, Library Committee
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Chairman, Committee on Provision of Computers for MPs, Offices of Political Parties in Lok Sabha and Officers of Lok Sabha Sectretariat
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Chairman, Committee on Private Members` Bills and Resolutions
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Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Children
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Chairman, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament Complex
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General Secretary, Constitutional Club
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Chairman, Committee of Presiding Officers to Ensure Executive Accountability to the Legislature
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Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Youth
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Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Harvesting
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Chairman, Committee of Presiding Officers to look into all aspects of the Office of the Presiding Officer
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Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Enabling women, children and disabled persons to participate in the development ; working for upliftment of the poor especially scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes and financially weaker sections of the society
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Special Interests
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Reading books on Law and Religion
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Sports and Clubs
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Badminton; Founder, Chan Dramatic Club, Ludhiana
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled; Participated in (i) World Punjabi Conference, Chicago, USA, May 1997; (ii) 9th Seminar, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Ghana, 1997; (iii) 43rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Mauritius, September 1997; (iv) 44th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Newzealand, October 1998; (v) 45th Commonwealth Parlilamentary Conference, Trinidad and Tobago, September 1999; (vi) 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, London and Edinburgh, UK, September 2000; and (vii) 47th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Australia, September 2001; also participated in Executive Committee meeting of Commonwalth Parliamentary Association, Barbados, West Indies; attended as a representative of Punjab, the Religious and Spiritual World Peace Summit at New York, USA organised by the UN; (viii) participated in the Executive Committee meeting of 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Canada, September-October 2004; (ix) participated in the 112th IPU in Manila and was elected Vice-President of the 112th IPU National Assembly; (x) as Leader of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation visited Belarus from 22nd to 28th May, 2005 via Viana, Hungary and Bratislava; (xi) participated in the Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments, New York in September 2005; (xii) As leader of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation attended 4th Conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians, Colombo from 29th March to 2nd April, 2006; (xiii) As leader of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation, attended the 114th Assembly of IPU in Nairobi, Kenya en-route Qatar and Dubai from 5th to 15th May, 2006; (xiv) As leader of Indian Parliamentary Delegation attended the 18th Annual CPA Seminar in Turks and Caicos Island from 28th May to 3rd June 2006 via Germany and U.K.; (xv) As leader of Indian Parliamentary Delegation attended 116th Assembly of the IPU held in Indonesia in 2007; (xvi) Attended the Regional Seminar on “Developing a Protective Environment for South Asian Children” organised by the IPU-UNICEF, held in Pakistan in 2007; (xvii) Attended the 53rd CPA Conference, New Delhi, 2007; (xviii) Attended the 117th Assembly of the IPU held in Geneva in 2007 ; (xix) Attended the 118th Assembly of IPU held in Cape Town, South Africa, 2008
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Other Information
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Elected unanimously as Regional Representative for Asia region, Executive Committee Chairman, Shaheed Baba Jeevan Singh Foundation (International); President, Shaheed Baba Jeevan Singh Yadgar Society; Vice-Chairman, Executive Committee, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, at Trinidad & Tabago, September 1991; Vice-Chairman, Executive Committee, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, London, UK, September 2001; Member, Sub-committee, International Programme Planning, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; participated in Second Indian and Asia Regions Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference, New Delhi, December, 2005; participated in all India Presiding Officers Conference, Himachal Pradesh (Shimla), New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad), Punjab (Chandigarh), West Bengal (Kolkata) and Chhattisgarh (Raipur), currently member, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation; Ex-Member, Advisory Board, Industry Department, Punjab, Distt. Planning Board Ludhiana; Legal Advisor, Punjab Pradesh Valmiki Sabha; Advisor, Gujranwala Educational Council running many colleges and schools; Chairman, Shaheed Baba Jeevan Singh Foundation (International); President, Shaheed Baba Jeevan Singh Yadgar Society; associated with various associations like those on World Peace, Forests and Environment Employment Opportunities and Economic Self-reliance in Rural areas; Life Patron International Punjabi Chamber of Commerce, Toronto, Canada; Chief Patron, Institute of Tourism and Future Management; initiated passport collection under the aegis of the British Embassy in Jalandhar, Canadian Consulate and British Library in Chandigarh; also initiated setting up of International Airport in Amritsar; got the Bill Protecting NRI property in Punjab passed; associated with the construction of Rahon-Machiwara Bridge over Satluj River, participated in Punjabi Suba Agitation and jailed during emergency, General Secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal for Ludhiana (Urban) for 15 years; worked with leaders like Master Tara Singh Sant Fateh Singh, Giani Bhupinder Singh, Jathedar Mohan Singh Tur, Sant Harcharan Singh Longowal, Jagdev Singh Talwandi and Sardar Prakash Singh Badal
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Reference: Loksabha