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'''Nirlep Kaur''' (1927-1987) was a politician from [[Punjab, India]]. She represented [[Sangrur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangrur]] in the [[4th Lok Sabha]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born on 11 August 1927 at [[Patiala]] in a royal family, Nirlep Kaur was the daughter of Sardar [[Gian Singh Rarewala]], who later on became the first chief minister of [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]].<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Sardarni, Nirlep Kaur|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1877.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="BainsJohnston1995">{{cite book|last1=Bains|first1=Tara Singh|last2=Johnston|first2=Hugh J. M.|title=The Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-journey of an Emigrant Sikh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VuapG3JHaOIC&pg=PA158|year=1995|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-1265-8|page=158}}</ref> She did her schooling from the [[Convent Of Sacred Heart Lahore]].<ref name="LS" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Kaur contested the [[1967 Indian general election]] for the [[4th Lok Sabha]] on the ticket of [[Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh]]. She defeated the INC candidate by a margin of 98,212 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_II_LS67.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=28 November 2017|page=327}}</ref> She and [[Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala]] were the first two women from reorganised Punjab to enter the Indian parliament.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=Amaninder Pal|title=Patiala royals reign supreme in politics too|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Patiala-royals-reign-supreme-in-politics-too/articleshow/31977966.cms|accessdate=28 November 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 March 2014}}</ref> She had previously been a secretary for [[Swatantra Party]] and the president of Mata Sahib Kaur Vidyalaya in Patiala.<ref name="LS" /><br />
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Kaur was the first woman who stood in the election for the president of [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]], though she lost.<ref name="Singh2001">{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Mohinder|title=Punjab 2000: Political and Socio-economic Developments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZNgVkbUtagC&pg=PA180|year=2001|publisher=Anamika Publishers & Distributors|isbn=978-81-86565-90-2|page=180}}</ref> In the [[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], she contested from [[Payal Assembly Constituency|Payal]] but lost to [[Beant Singh (chief minister)|Beant Singh]] of INC by a difference of 2,936 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReport%20Punjab%201980.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=28 November 2017|page=74}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
On 14 March 1942, she married Sardar Rajdev Singh, from whom she has three children.<ref name="LS" /> Her house had the first swimming pool in the city of Chandigarh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pool proof|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090614/ttlife.htm|accessdate=28 November 2017|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=14 June 2009}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1927 births]]<br />
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:People from Patiala]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Sangrur district]]<br />
[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]]<br />
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