Pargat Singh (born 5 March 1965) is a hockey player turned politician in India and belongs to the Indian National Congress in Punjab. He is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was full back. He captained Indian men's hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He has worked as an SP with Punjab police before taking a plunge into politics.
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| Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 September 2021 – 11 March 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Charanjit Singh Channi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi (Sports, NRI Affairs)
Vijay Inder Singla (School Education) Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa (Higher Education) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jagbir Singh Brar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Jalandhar Cantt. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 March 1965 Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Indian National Congress (2017–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Awaaz-e-Punjab (2016)
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Champions Trophy
edit1985 (Perth)
editIndia vs Germany: At one point of time score board was ticking 1–5. Pargat Singh came forward and scored 4 goals in the last 6 minutes. The result was a draw but it made Pargat Singh known.[1]
1986 (Karachi)
editHe played against Holland to give India a 3–2 victory.
Olympics
editHe captained Indian men's hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[citation needed]
Political career
editIn 2003, He was vice-president of the Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Society of Jalandhar.[2]
Shiromani Akali Dal
editSingh was nominated[when?] for Jalandhar Cantonment Assembly constituency seat as SAD nominee which he subsequently won defeating Jagbir Singh Brar of Congress.[3]
He was suspended by SAD in July 2016.[4]
He along with Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bains brothers formed a new political front - Aawaaz-e-Punjab claiming to fight against those working against Punjab.[5]
Congress
editSingh was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[6]
He has been a Congress MLA since 2017 from the Jalandhar Cantt constituency. He has been nominated again by Jalandhar Cantt for elections 2022. He is going to contest the Punjab assembly elections for the third time in a row.[7] The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022.[8]
In 2017, he was nominated as the General Secretary of Hockey Punjab.[9]
Awards
edit| S.No. | Awards | Year |
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| 1 | Padma Shree[10] | 1998 |
| 2 | Arjuna Award | 1989 |
References
edit- ^ "Pargat Singh – ESPNSTAR.com".
- ^ "Sports Personalities". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Pargat Singh". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011.
- ^ "Pargat Singh suspended by SAD". ndtv.com.
- ^ "Navjot Singh Sidhu forms Aawaaz-e-Punjab". The Times of India. 2 September 2016.
- ^ "SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation". 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Know Pargat Singh; Contesting Punjab elections for the third time in a row".
- ^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister". The Hindu. 16 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Hockey Punjab governing body reshuffled | SportzPower".
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
External links
edit- Pargat Singh at Olympics.com
- Pargat Singh at Olympedia
- Pargat Singh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)