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Harcharan Singh Brar

2021-11-21T18:24:37Z

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| image = File:Harcharan Singh Brar ex CM.png
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| office = [[List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|13th]] [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]
| term_start = 31 August 1995
| term_end = 21 November 1996
| predecessor = [[Beant Singh (chief minister)|Beant Singh]]
| successor = [[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]]
| office2 = [[List of governors of Haryana|Governor of Haryana]]
| term_start2 = 1977
| term_end2 = 1979
| predecessor2 = [[Jaisukh Lal Hathi]]
| successor2 = [[Surjit Singh Sandhawalia]]
| office3 = [[List of governors of Odisha|Governor of Odisha]]
| term_start3 = 1977
| term_end3 = 1977
| predecessor3 = [[Shiva Narayin Sankar]]
| successor3 = [[Bhagwat Dayal Sharma]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|01|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sarai Naga]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|09|6|1922|01|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Chandigarh]], [[India]]
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| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| spouse = [[Gurbinder Kaur Brar]]
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'''Harcharan Singh Brar ''' (21 January 1922 – 6 September 2009) was an Indian politician belonging to the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] unit of [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the 13th Chief Minister of Punjab and held this position from 31 August 1995 to 21 November 1996. He succeeded the assassinated Chief Minister [[Beant Singh (chief minister)|Beant Singh]]. At the time he was member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab Vidhan Sabha]] from [[Muktsar Assembly Constituency]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/the-brar-dynasty-not-a-male-bastion-mla-karan-brar-is-holding-fort-to-the-legacy/story-AB45uq0DrcRUYiHuzZjTEO.html | title=The Brar dynasty: Not a male bastion, MLA Karan Brar is holding fort to the legacy | publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] | work=Sukhdeep Kaur | date=25 December 2016 | access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Harcharan Singh Brar, son of Sardar Balwant Singh Brar, was born on 21 January 1919 into a Brar Jat of Sarai Naga Royal Family, which lies along National Highway 16 between [[Sri Muktsar Sahib]] and [[Kot Kapura]]. He studied at [[Aitchison College]] and later graduated from Government College, [[Lahore]].<ref name="dna"/> He married twice. His first wife was Jagir Kaur, daughter of Sardar Karnail Singh Sandhu of village Bhutter near Sadiq town in district Faridkot. He had one daughter from the first marriage, Charanjit Kaur, who he got married into the Rethgarhia family of Patiala. His second wife was Gurbinder Kaur, daughter of Jaswant Singh Kairon, who was the brother of [[Pratap Singh Kairon]], sometime [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]. By his second marriage, H.S. Brar had two children, a son [[Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar|Kanwarjit Singh Brar]] and a daughter, Kanwaljit Kaur. Brar's only son, [[Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar|Kanwarjit Singh Brar]] (1949- 2012), was a politician and a two-term MLA from Muktsar.

==Political career==
[[File:Harcharan Singh Brar.jpg|thumb]]
Brar was a member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab Vidhan Sabha]] five times: from [[Muktsar]] in 1960–62, re-elected in 1962-67 and 1992–97, [[Giddarbaha]] in 1967–72, [[Kotkapura]] in 1969–74.<ref>[http://nriinternet.com/INDIA/States/Punjab/A_Z/B/Harcharan_Brar/index.htm Mr. Brar cremated with full State Honour’s at his native village]</ref> He served as the [[Governor of Odisha]] from February 1977 to September 1977, and [[Governor of Haryana]] from 24 September 1977 to 9 December 1979.<ref name="dna"/> He took over as Chief Minister of Punjab on 31 August 1995 after the assassination of the chief minister Beant Singh in a bomb blast outside the Punjab and Haryana Secretariat in [[Chandigarh]]. He is credited{{Who|date= February 2014}} with the creation of Muktsar and Moga districts out of Faridkot district. He has also served as Minister of Irrigation and Power, and Minister of Health and Family Welfare.

==Death==
Brar died in Chandigarh on 6 September 2009 after a long illness at the age of 87 years.<ref name="dna">[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_former-haryana-governor-harcharan-singh-brar-dead_1287996 Former Haryana governor Harcharan Singh Brar dead]</ref>

==References==
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Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar

2021-11-21T18:23:58Z

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
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| name = Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
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| term_start = 1977
| term_end = 2012
| birth_date = 15 October 1949
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 4 March 2012<br> (aged 62)
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| death_cause = Cancer
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'''Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar''' (1949 - 2012) was a [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He was the son of former [[List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]], [[Harcharan Singh Brar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120306/punjab.htm#12 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |date=1999-03-16 |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.worldsnap.com/states/punjab/punjab-legislator-kanwarjit-singh-brar-dies-121375.html |title=Punjab legislator Kanwarjit Singh Brar dies | Punjab, World Snap News |publisher=News.worldsnap.com |accessdate=2012-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040716/http://news.worldsnap.com/states/punjab/punjab-legislator-kanwarjit-singh-brar-dies-121375.html |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He completed his schooling from [[The Doon School]] (1957). Became an MLA in 1977, 2007 respectively.

== Personal life ==
He was born on 15 October 1949 in Amritsar, to [[Harcharan Singh Brar]] (1922-2009) and Gurbrinder Kaur Brar (1922-2013). An alumnus of [[The Doon School]], he married Karan Kaur Brar and has 3 sons, one of whom is Tegbir Singh Brar, the current owner of the family's horse-breeding farm, Dashmesh Stud in Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingpulse.in/code/stpageprint.aspx?pgid=31409|title = News Horse Racing - Sonny Brar: Gone but not forgotten - by Anil Mukhi - Racing India's first and foremost website on horse racing India}}</ref><ref>https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/236980/dreamfield-to-stand-at-dashmesh-stud-in-india</ref>

== Death ==
Brar died in New Delhi at home on 4 March 2012 after a long fight with cancer at the age of 63 years. He was cremated at his Native village Sarai Naga, [[Sri Muktsar Sahib]].

==References==
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Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar

2021-08-12T07:09:11Z

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
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| name = Dr. Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
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| birth_place = [[Nilanga]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]
| residence = [[Nilanga]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|5|1931|2|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| order = 10th
| office = Chief Minister of Maharashtra
| term_start = 3 June 1985
| term_end = 6 March 1986
| predecessor = [[Vasantdada Patil]]
| successor = [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
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| relations = [[Rupatai Patil Nilangekar|Rupa Patil]] (daughter in law)<br/>[[Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar|Sambhaji Patil]] (grandson)
| children = Diliprao Patil (son) Ashokrao Patil (son) Vijaykumar Patil (son) Sharad Patil (son) Chandrakala Dawle (daughter)
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| education = Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
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'''Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar''' (9 February 1931 – 5 August 2020) was a leader of [[Indian National Congress]] party who served as chief minister of [[Maharashtra]].

He was chief minister from June 1985 to March 1986. His rule was the briefest of all chief ministers (apart from caretaker chief minister P K Sawant).<ref>[http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Shivajirao_Nilangekar_Patil Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil History]</ref> He resigned after the [[Bombay High Court]] passed strictures against him regarding fraud in the MD examinations to help his daughter and her friend.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-former-cm-shivajirao-patil-nilangekar-dead/articleshow/77363640.cms | title=Maharashtra: Former CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar dead | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 August 2020 | accessdate=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19860331-fraud-in-md-exam-results-committed-at-the-behest-of-cm-shivajirao-patil-niangekar-court-800728-1986-03-31 | title=Fraud in MD exam results committed 'at the behest' of CM Shivajirao Patil-Niangekar: Court | publisher=India Today | date=31 March 1986 | accessdate=10 March 2021}}</ref>

His daughter-in-law, [[Rupatai Patil Nilangekar]], represented [[Latur (Lok Sabha constituency)]] for BJP from 2004 to 2009.

==Educational activities==
Nilangekar established the Maharashtra Education Trust in 1968. Under the aegis of his education society around four senior colleges, twelve higher secondary schools and fifteen primary schools were established. Maharashtra Pharmacy College, Nilanga, was established in 1984. The Maharashtra Poly. (D.Pharmacy) Institute, Nilanga which was government aided, started in 1981 and was followed by the Maharashtra College of Engineering in 1983. His interests included reading, classical music, volleyball and table tennis. He was born in [[Nilanga]], his home town.

== Death ==
Shivajirao died on 5 August 2020, at the age of 89 due to [[COVID-19]] related complications during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khairnar|first=Abhay|last2=Joshi|first2=Yogesh|date=2020-08-05|title=Former Maharashtra CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passes away in Pune|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/former-maharashtra-cm-shivajirao-patil-nilangekar-passes-away-in-pune/story-CR4iO50JQmUQx6XcfZ7XbO.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mce-nilanga.com Maharashtra College of Engineering Nilanga]
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| title = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]
| years = 3 June 1985 – 6 March 1986
| after = [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
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