Biography

Father's Name	    	Sardar Nahar Singh Gill

Date of Birth	    	15 January 1958

Place of Birth	    	Lohian Khass, Distt. Jalandhar (Punjab)

Marital Status	    	Married on 10 January 1978

Spouse's Name	    	Sardarni Balwinder Kaur

Children	    	One son and one daughter

Educational Qualifications  	

		Graduate
	
		Educated at Arya College, Ludhiana (Punjab)

Profession     

		Agriculturist

Permanent Address     	

	(I)	46-J, Sarabha Nagar, 
		Ludhiana-141001 
		(Punjab)
		
		Tels. (0161) 462300, 462400


	(II)	Flat No.29, Sector 3, 
		Chandigarh

		Tel. (0172) 742090

Present Address  	

		42, Ashoka Road, 
		New Delhi-110001

		Tel. (011) 3358520
		Fax. (011) 3356122

Positions Held     

1979-85		President, Akali Dal Youth Wing, Distt. Ludhiana

1979-93		Sarpanch, Village Aliwal

1985-88		General-Secretary, Akali Dal Youth Wing, Punjab

1988-93 	Senior Vice-President, Akali Dal Youth Wing, Punjab

1993 onwards	President, Akali Dal Youth Wing, Punjab

1996		Elected to 11th Lok Sabha 

1996-97		Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport

1998		Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1998-99		Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism

		Member, Committee on Government Assurances

		Member, Committee on Railways

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
		Information and Broadcasting

Special Interests  	

Promotion of Sports

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  	

Reading

Sports and Clubs  	

Athletics

Countries Visited

Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the 
Hon'ble Speaker, Shri G.M.C. Balayogi, Iraq, 1998

Other Information  	

Director, Cooperative Bank, Ludhiana, 1985-88; imprisoned 
for six months in 1994 for agitation regarding democratic 
rights of the people