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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Pargat Singh
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|03|05}}
| birth_place = Mithapur, [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Jalandhar Cantt Assembly Constituency|Jalandhar Cantt]]
| term_start1 = 2012
| term_end1 =
| successor1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Jagbir Singh Brar]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>{{small|(2017–present)}}
| otherparty = {{plainlist|Awaaz-e-Punjab {{small|(2016)}}
* [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] {{small|(–2016)}}}}
| module = {{Infobox field hockey player
| embed = yes
| height = {{convert|180|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Field hockey#Positions|Defender]]
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Punjab Police
| years2 =
| clubs2 = Rail Coach Factory
| years3 =
| clubs3 = Indian Railways
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| show-medals = yes
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'''Pargat Singh''' (born 5 March 1965) is a hockey player turned politician in [[India]] and belongs to the [[Indian National Congress]] in [[Punjab]]. He is a former [[India]]n [[field hockey|hockey]] player and his playing position was of full back. He was considered one of the world's best defenders erstwhile. He captained [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian men's hockey team]] at [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Olympics]] and [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta Olympics]]. He was working as an SP with [[Punjab Police (India)|Punjab police]] before taking a plunge into politics.

==Champions Trophy==

===1985 (Perth)===
[[India men's national field hockey team|India]] vs [[Germany men's national field hockey team|Germany]]: At one point of time score board was ticking 1-5. Then this young guy, Pargat Singh came forward and performed against everyone's hope and scored ''4 goals in the last 6 minutes''. The result was a draw but it made Pargat Singh a real hero in the hearts of every Indian.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pargat Singh – ESPNSTAR.com |url=http://www.espnstar.com/opinion/full-bio/item402477/}}</ref>

===1986 (Karachi)===
He didn't stop there with his previous year's spectacular performance against Germany and repeated the same action against [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Holland]] to give India a 3-2 victory.

==Political career==
Singh was nominated for Jalandhar Cantt legislative seat as [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] nominee which he subsequently won defeating [[Jagbir Singh Brar]] of Congress.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pargat Singh |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301225008/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/|url-status=dead|website=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=2011-03-01}}</ref>

He was suspended by [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] in July 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pargat Singh suspended by SAD |website=ndtv.com |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ex-hockey-captain-pargat-singh-suspended-by-akali-dal-to-join-aap-sources-1433579}}</ref>

He along with [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] and Bains brothers formed a new political front - Aawaaz-e-Punjab claiming to fight against those working against Punjab.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navjot Singh Sidhu forms Aawaaz-e-Punjab |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Navjot-Singh-Sidhu-forms-new-front-Awaaz-e-Punjab/articleshow/53978835.cms}}</ref>

Singh was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the [[Supreme Court of India]] ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.<ref>http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/syl-verdict-42-punjab-congress-mlas-submit-resignation-4369724/</ref>

==Honours==
He is Vice-President of the Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Society of [[Jalandhar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sports Personalities |url=http://jalandhar.nic.in/html/sports_personalities.htm |access-date=15 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023020304/http://jalandhar.nic.in/html/sports_personalities.htm |archive-date=23 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He is General Secretary of Hockey Punjab at present as nominated by CM of the state.<ref>https://www.sportzpower.com/node/1830</ref>

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! |S.No.
! |Awards
! |Year
|-
| 1 || [[Padma Shree]]<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}}</ref> || 1998
|-
| 2 || [[Arjuna Award]] || 1989
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IOC profile|pargat-powar-singh|Pargat Powar Singh}}
* {{Sports-reference|si/pargat-singh-1}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}

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