#PARTAP SINGH KAIRON SON ARMY FREE#
Kairon made primary and middle school education free and compulsory. He was behind the creation of the city of Chandigarh and the industrial township of Faridabad(in present-day Haryana). He also placed Punjab on the industrial map of the country. In his role in implementing land reforms, the late leader established the Punjab Agricultural University,Ludhiana which played a key role in ushering in the Green Revolution. He laid the base on which Punjab prospered. Over three million people were re-established in East Punjab in new homes and often in new professions, in a very short period of time. He was jailed again in the 1942 during Quit India Movement and was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946.Īfter Independence in 1947, Pratap Singh Kairon held various ministerial offices in the Punjab Government including Rehabilitation Minister, Development Minister(1947–1949) and Chief Minister(1952–1964).Īs Minister for Rehabilitation in the days immediately after the Partition of India, Kairon ended the chaos and confusion and handled the tough task of resettlement of millions of refugees who had migrated from West Punjab (now Pakistan). He entered the Punjab Legislative Assembly as an Akali nominee in 1937, defeating the Congress candidate, Baba Gurdit Singh of Sarhali.įrom 1941 to 1946, he was the General Secretary of the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee. He was jailed in 1932 for five years for participating in the Civil disobedience. He was at first, a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal and later of the Indian National Congress. He joined politics and the newspaper eventually shut down.
On Aphe started an English weekly paper The New Era in Amritsar. Political career Entry into politics and contribution to Indian independence movement He was influenced by farming methods practised in the U.S.A and wished to replicate the same in India later.
He did his Masters in Political Science from the University of Michigan. Pratap studied at the Khalsa College, Amritsar and then went to the United States for higher studies there he supported himself by working on farms and factories. His father, Nihal Singh was a pioneer in initiating women's education in the province. Pratap Singh was born on October 1, 1901, into a Dhillon Jat family of the village of Kairon in Amritsar district. As per local practice (using village's name as surname), he used to write Kairon as his surname. He was born in Kairon village which now lies in Patti tahsil of Amritsar district. 3.1 Entry into politics and contribution to Indian independence movement.
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