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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kulwant Singh
| image =
| order =
| office = [[Mohali Municipal Corporation|Mayor of Mohali]]
| term_start = 31 August 2015
| term_end = 31 August 2020
| predecessor = Post Established
| successor = Amarjeet Singh Sidhu<ref>{{cite web | title=Amarjeet Singh Sidhu elected Mohali mayor - Chandigarh News | website=The Times of India | date=2021-04-12 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/amarjeet-singh-sidhu-elected-mohali-mayor/articleshow/82029155.cms | access-date=2021-10-08}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ropar]], [[Punjab, India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]], (formerly [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]])
| residence = [[Mohali]], [[Punjab]]
| alma_mater =
| profession = Political leader, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
| spouse =
| children =
| website = https://www.facebook.com/KulwantSinghSAD
}}
'''Kulwant Singh''', was the first [[Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar (Mohali)|Mayor of Mohali]] ([[Punjab, India|Punjab]]) and is a businessman and politician.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-01|title=Mohali’s first mayor: Kulwant Singh takes charge, promises bus service, transparency|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/mohalis-first-mayor-kulwant-singh-takes-charge-promises-bus-service-transparency/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born into a [[Ramdasia|Ramdasia Sikh]] [[Chamar]] family of an armyman at Samana Kalan, [[Rupnagar district|Rupnagar]], Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SAD’s Dalit hopeful richer than Maharaja Amarinder|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/sads-dalit-hopeful-richer-than-maharaja-amarinder|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.sunday-guardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Humble beginnings|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/a-rags-to-riches-journey/article1-1187906.aspx}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

He left his village and went to [[Zirakpur]] and spent three years weighing trucks and other heavy vehicles. He also rode horse carts through the streets to sell the stock of wheat straw.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-02-25|title=A rags-to-riches journey|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/a-rags-to-riches-journey/story-A1MqTJvvHs8thVDpBH305I.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Business==
Kulwant Singh is a real estate businessman and philanthropist.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feb 13|first=Rohan Dua {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2015|last3=Ist|first3=02:46|title=Punjab's richest LS candidate to fight civic polls {{!}} Chandigarh News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Punjabs-richest-LS-candidate-to-fight-civic-polls/articleshow/46223581.cms|access-date=2020-06-03|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> He is the Managing Director of Janta Land Promoters.Ltd and have turnover of Rs.1500 crore. He also have two commercial building which includes two shop-cum-offices in Sector 82, Mohali.

He owns plots, residential areas and other properties in various places of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

==Positions held==
Kulwant Singh represented the ward number 21 as Senior Vice-President of Mohali Municipal Council elections in 1995 for the first time. He was also President of Mohali Municipal Council from 2000 to 2005.<ref name="http://www.hindustantimes.com/ 2015">{{cite web | title=From Rs 375 a month, Kulwant now has Rs 1,500-cr real estate biz | website=hindustantimes.com | date=29 August 2015 | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/from-earning-rs-375-a-month-kulwant-now-has-rs-1-500-cr-real-estate-empire/article1-1385369.aspx?li_source=base&li_medium=also-read | accessdate=5 September 2015}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2015, he became first mayor of Mohali after declaration of the council being upgraded as the municipal corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Kulwant Singh is Mohali’s first Mayor|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/archive/kulwant-singh-is-mohalis-first-mayor-125574|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> He was a candidate for the [[Fatehgarh Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Fatehgarh Sahib Constituency]] on the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD-BJP]] ticket in [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha Elections]]. Kulwant was one of the richest candidates from Punjab.<ref name="The Pioneer 2015">{{cite web | title=SAD-BJP’s Kulwant Singh richest candidate in fray | website=The Pioneer | date=5 September 2015 | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/chandigarh/sad-bjps-kulwant-singh-richest-candidate-in-fray.html | accessdate=5 September 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{facebook|KulwantSinghSAD}}
*[http://mcmohali.org/Home.aspx Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar]

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:People from Rupnagar district]]
[[Category:Mayors of places in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]]
[[Category:People from Mohali]]

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