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	He accused the SGPC of having failed to stop the intolerance and the hate campaigns in the community.<ref>{{cite journal \| title=Link \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHVDAAAAYAAJ \| access-date=19 October 2012 \| year=1985 \| publisher=United India Periodicals \| page = 7 \| volume = 27 \| issue = 3 }}</ref> He then left Akali Dal because of its leaders' ambiguous stand on the militant violence, and set up his own party "Jagat Akali Dal" on 21 January 1992.<ref name="JCSP1992">{{cite book \| author1=J. C. Aggarwal \| author2=S. P. Agrawal \| title=Modern History of Punjab \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-CN0Q4g-dwC&pg=PA108 \| access-date=19 October 2012 \| year=1992 \| publisher=Concept Publishing Company \| isbn=978-81-7022-431-0 \| page = 108 }}</ref> He later merged his party back into Akali Dal in February 1998.		He accused the SGPC of having failed to stop the intolerance and the hate campaigns in the community.<ref>{{cite journal \| title=Link \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHVDAAAAYAAJ \| access-date=19 October 2012 \| year=1985 \| publisher=United India Periodicals \| page = 7 \| volume = 27 \| issue = 3 }}</ref> He then left Akali Dal because of its leaders' ambiguous stand on the militant violence, and set up his own party "Jagat Akali Dal" on 21 January 1992.<ref name="JCSP1992">{{cite book \| author1=J. C. Aggarwal \| author2=S. P. Agrawal \| title=Modern History of Punjab \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-CN0Q4g-dwC&pg=PA108 \| access-date=19 October 2012 \| year=1992 \| publisher=Concept Publishing Company \| isbn=978-81-7022-431-0 \| page = 108 }}</ref> He later merged his party back into Akali Dal in February 1998.

	Jiwan Singh was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] (1991)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref> and the National Amity Award (1996) by the Government of India. He also received the Maharana Partap Award in 1987. He died at the age of 84 at a hospital in [[Beas, Punjab\|Beas]].<ref name="Tribune_passes_1998"/>		Jiwan Singh was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] (1991)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> and the National Amity Award (1996) by the Government of India. He also received the Maharana Partap Award in 1987. He died at the age of 84 at a hospital in [[Beas, Punjab\|Beas]].<ref name="Tribune_passes_1998"/>

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{{Infobox person
| name = Jiwan Singh Umranangal
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|10|01}}
| birth_place = Dhaliwal Bet, [[Kapurthala State]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1998|11|07|1914|10|01}}
| death_place = [[Beas, Punjab]], India
| nationality = Indian
| known_for =
| occupation = Revenue Minister of Punjab, Finance Minister of Punjab
| party = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}
'''Jiwan Singh Umranangal''' (1914-1998) was an Indian politician belonging to the [[Akali Dal]]. He served as the revenue minister of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. He is the grandfather<ref name="IPS PS Umranangal Grandfather">{{cite news | url = http://umranangalnews.co.in/jiwan-singh-umranangal/ | title = Jiwan Singh Umranangal Grandfather of IPS P.S.Umranangal | publisher = umranangalnews.co.in | location = Chandigarh | date = 12 August 2019 | access-date = 2019-08-23 }}</ref> of Paramraj Singh Umranangal,<ref name="IPS Paramraj Singh Umranagnal – Things You Need to Know">{{cite news | url = http://umranangal.com/ips-ps-umranagnal-things-you-need-to-know/ | title = Paramraj Singh Umranangal | publisher = umranangal.com | location = Chandigarh | date = 22 August 2019 | access-date = 2019-08-23 }}</ref> a senior IPS Officer of the Punjab Cadre.

Jiwan Singh was born in 1914, in the Dhaliwal Bet village of the [[Kapurthala district]].<ref name="Tribune_bhog_1998"/> He passed [[matriculation]] from the Kapurthala High School. Originally an agriculturalist by profession, he adopted politics as a career in 1952, becoming a member of the Akali Dal. He became a [[sarpanch]] and a ''nambardar'' (village head) of his native village Umra Nangal. He later served as the General Secretary of Akali Dal, and ultimately became the party's Vice President.

Jiwan Singh was elected to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1968, 1977 and 1980. He served as the Revenue Minister under [[Gurnam Singh]] in 1968 and as Finance Minister under [[Parkash Singh Badal]] in 1977. He won the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]] (SGPC) elections three times, and served on its executive committee for 12 years.<ref name="Tribune_passes_1998">{{cite news | url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov08/head2.htm | title = Akali leader Umranangal passes away | newspaper = The Tribune | location = Chandigarh | date = 8 November 1998 | access-date = 2012-10-19 }}</ref> In the 1979 SGPC election, he defeated the [[All India Sikh Students Federation|AISSF]] president [[Amrik Singh]], who was backed by [[Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale]]. He became a close associate of the senior Akali leader [[Fateh Singh (Sikh leader)|Fateh Singh]].<ref name="BakshiSharma1998">{{cite book | author1=S. R. Bakshi | author2=Sita Ram Sharma | title=Parkash Singh Badal: Chief Minister of Punjab | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cyebnJdCFlEC&pg=PA71 | access-date=19 October 2012 | date=1 January 1998 | publisher=APH Publishing | isbn=978-81-7024-987-0 | page=71}}</ref>

Jiwan Singh took a strong stand against the [[Khalistani groups|pro-Khalistan militants]]. In 1986, he embarked on a door-to-door campaign in the [[Majha]] region, meeting the families of the militants and asking for their help in persuading the militants to give up the violence.<ref name="Tribune_passes_1998"/> He also launched a 45-day [[padayatra]], visiting those who had moved out of Punjab due to the violence, and convinced them to return.<ref name="Tribune_bhog_1998">{{cite news | url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov17/punjab.htm#12 | title = Umranangal's bhog today | newspaper = The Tribune | location = Chandigarh | date = 17 November 1998 | access-date = 2012-10-19 }}</ref> In retaliation, the militants killed his son Sukhdev Singh Umranangal on 8 May 1987.<ref>{{cite book | title=Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R8lPAQAAIAAJ | access-date=19 October 2012 | year=1997 | publisher=Sociology Department, Guru Nanak Dev University | page = 44 }}</ref>

He accused the SGPC of having failed to stop the intolerance and the hate campaigns in the community.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Link | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHVDAAAAYAAJ | access-date=19 October 2012 | year=1985 | publisher=United India Periodicals | page = 7 | volume = 27 | issue = 3 }}</ref> He then left Akali Dal because of its leaders' ambiguous stand on the militant violence, and set up his own party "Jagat Akali Dal" on 21 January 1992.<ref name="JCSP1992">{{cite book | author1=J. C. Aggarwal | author2=S. P. Agrawal | title=Modern History of Punjab | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-CN0Q4g-dwC&pg=PA108 | access-date=19 October 2012 | year=1992 | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | isbn=978-81-7022-431-0 | page = 108 }}</ref> He later merged his party back into Akali Dal in February 1998.

Jiwan Singh was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] (1991)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> and the National Amity Award (1996) by the Government of India. He also received the Maharana Partap Award in 1987. He died at the age of 84 at a hospital in [[Beas, Punjab|Beas]].<ref name="Tribune_passes_1998"/>

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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1998 deaths]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]
[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs]]

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