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| name = Mehar Singh<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|2|24|df=y}}<br />
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| office = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| constituency = [[Faridkot Assembly Constituency|Faridkot]]<br />
| termstart = 1957<br />
| termend = 1962<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = [[Zail Singh|Giani Zail Singh]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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'''Mehar Singh''' (born 1922) was an Indian politician. He was elected as Member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] from [[Faridkot Assembly constituency|Faridkot]] in 1957.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium Members (1937-2017) |url=https://punjabassembly.nic.in/images/docs/Vidhan%20Sabha%20Compendium.pdf}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
Singh was educated till matric.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Singh joined Praja Mandal Movement in [[Faridkot, Punjab|Faridkot]] in 1939. He became member of Punjab State Regional Council and was appointed as General Secretary of Faridkot Praja Mandal in 1947.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Singh was elected to [[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1957 on a [[Indian National Congress]] ticket. He defeated Harinder Singh of Congress by 1124 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-28 |title=Faridkot 1957 Assembly MLA Election Punjab {{!}} ENTRANCE INDIA |url=https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/faridkot-constituency-punjab-assembly-election-1957-results-mla-voters-political-parties-data/ |access-date=2023-09-15 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Faridkot, Punjab]]</div>Ajay Kumar