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	==Family==		==Family==
	Partap Singh Kairon had ~~two sons and one daughter. They were~~ [[Surinder Singh Kairon]], Gurinder Singh Kairon and ~~Sarbrinder Kairon Grewal~~ respectively. While the younger Gurinder remained Congressman like his father, Surinder later joined [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. Surinder's son [[Adesh Partap Singh Kairon]] is married to the daughter of [[Prakash Singh Badal]], Preneet Kaur and has been a minister in the [[Punjab]] government(Shiromani Akali Dal).<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-chief-minister-punjab-partap-singh-kairon-killer-set-free/1/293937.html \|title=Former Chief Minister Punjab Partap Singh Kairon's killer set free \|publisher=India Today \|date=31 August 1994 \|access-date=28 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19990208/ige08171p.html \|title=Kairons' sibling rivalry drags on \|publisher=Financial Express \|date=8 February 1999 \|access-date=28 December 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112165158/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19990208/ige08171p.html \|archive-date=12 November 2013 }}</ref>		Partap Singh Kairon had 11 children, including [[Surinder Singh Kairon]], Gurinder Singh Kairon and Sar Brinder Kaur respectively. While the younger Gurinder remained Congressman like his father, Surinder later joined [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. Surinder's son [[Adesh Partap Singh Kairon]] is married to the daughter of [[Prakash Singh Badal]], Preneet Kaur and has been a minister in the [[Punjab]] government (Shiromani Akali Dal).<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-chief-minister-punjab-partap-singh-kairon-killer-set-free/1/293937.html \|title=Former Chief Minister Punjab Partap Singh Kairon's killer set free \|publisher=India Today \|date=31 August 1994 \|access-date=28 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19990208/ige08171p.html \|title=Kairons' sibling rivalry drags on \|publisher=Financial Express \|date=8 February 1999 \|access-date=28 December 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112165158/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19990208/ige08171p.html \|archive-date=12 November 2013}}</ref>

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	'''Partap Singh Kairon''' (1 October 1901 – 6 February 1965)<ref>"Kairon, Partap Singh", in ''Indian Dictionary of National Biography''. Institute of Historical Studies (1990) p. 212</ref>		'''Partap Singh Kairon''' (1 October 1901 – 6 February 1965)<ref>"Kairon, Partap Singh", in ''Indian Dictionary of National Biography''. Institute of Historical Studies (1990) p. 212</ref>
	was the Chief Minister of the [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]] province (then comprising Punjab, [[Haryana]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]]), and is widely acknowledged as the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province (or Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as of today). Moreover, he was an [[Indian independence movement]] leader. He was jailed twice by the [[British Empire]], once for five years for organizing protests against British rule. His political influence and views are still considered to dominate politics in Punjab.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/builder-of-punjab-the-lost-legacy-of-sardar-partap-singh-kairon/story-LgBkUb0ttLrpMYISj2o9zH.html Builder of Punjab - THE LOST LEGACY OF SARDAR PARTAP SINGH KAIRON]</ref>		was the Chief Minister of the [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]] province (then comprising Punjab, [[Haryana]] and part of [[Himachal Pradesh]]), and is widely acknowledged as the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province (or Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as of today). Moreover, he was an [[Indian independence movement]] leader. He was jailed twice by the [[British Empire]], once for five years for organizing protests against British rule. His political influence and views are still considered to dominate politics in Punjab.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/builder-of-punjab-the-lost-legacy-of-sardar-partap-singh-kairon/story-LgBkUb0ttLrpMYISj2o9zH.html Builder of Punjab - THE LOST LEGACY OF SARDAR PARTAP SINGH KAIRON]</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Partap Singh Kairon was born on 1 October 1901, into a [[Jat Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Arora\|first=Subhash Chander\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwG-yOpSEy8C&pg=PA54\|title=Turmoil in Punjab Politics\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|year=1990\|isbn=9788170992516\|page=54}}</ref> His last name was taken from the village of [[Kairon]] in the [[Amritsar District\|Amritsar]] district, of Tehsil Tarn Taran in province of [[Punjab (British India)\|Punjab]] during the [[British Raj]] era.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-08-21\|title=55 years after former Punjab CM Partap Singh ~~Kairon’s~~ assassination, son opens political conspiracy chapter\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/55-years-after-former-punjab-cm-partap-singh-kairon-s-assassination-son-opens-political-conspiracy-chapter/story-a4Mb8uwjPXB4ibNHb6vtYL.html\|access-date=2020-09-03\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> His grandfather was Sardar Gulab Singh Dhillon. His father, Nihal Singh Kairon (1863-1927), was a pioneer in initiating women's education in the province. Partap studied at Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehra Dun and [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]] and then went to the United States for further studies. During his time in USA, he supported himself by working on farms and in factories. He received his Master's degree in political science from the [[University of Michigan]]. He also received his Master's degree in Economics from [[University of California at Berkeley]] before going to Michigan. He was impressed by farming methods practised in the U.S.A and hoped to replicate the same in [[India]] later.		Partap Singh Kairon was born on 1 October 1901, into a [[Jat Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Arora\|first=Subhash Chander\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwG-yOpSEy8C&pg=PA54\|title=Turmoil in Punjab Politics\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|year=1990\|isbn=9788170992516\|page=54}}</ref> His last name was taken from the village of [[Kairon]] in the [[Amritsar District\|Amritsar]] district, of Tehsil Tarn Taran in province of [[Punjab (British India)\|Punjab]] during the [[British Raj]] era.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-08-21\|title=55 years after former Punjab CM Partap Singh Kairon's assassination, son opens political conspiracy chapter\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/55-years-after-former-punjab-cm-partap-singh-kairon-s-assassination-son-opens-political-conspiracy-chapter/story-a4Mb8uwjPXB4ibNHb6vtYL.html\|access-date=2020-09-03\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> His grandfather was Sardar Gulab Singh Dhillon. His father, Nihal Singh Kairon (1863-1927), was a pioneer in initiating women's education in the province. Partap studied at Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehra Dun and [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]] and then went to the United States for further studies. During his time in USA, he supported himself by working on farms and in factories. He received his Master's degree in political science from the [[University of Michigan]]. He also received his Master's degree in Economics from [[University of California at Berkeley]] before going to Michigan. He was impressed by farming methods practised in the U.S.A and hoped to replicate the same in [[India]] later.

	==Family==		==Family==
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	As Minister for Rehabilitation in the days immediately after [[Partition of India]], Kairon handled the task of resettlement of millions of refugees who had migrated from [[West Punjab]] (Pakistan). Over three million migrated people were resettled in East Punjab (India) by allotment of dwellings, employments and land distribution, in a very short period of time.		As Minister for Rehabilitation in the days immediately after [[Partition of India]], Kairon handled the task of resettlement of millions of refugees who had migrated from [[West Punjab]] (Pakistan). Over three million migrated people were resettled in East Punjab (India) by allotment of dwellings, employments and land distribution, in a very short period of time.

	[[File:Chief minister of Punjab Partap Singh Kairon, Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and leader of freedom struggle Govind Ballabh Pant and Gurmukh Singh Musafir, at Amritsar Airport.jpg\|thumb\|Partap Singh Kairon with other Political leaders at Amritsar Airport on 6 February 1956]]		[[File:Chief minister of Punjab Partap Singh Kairon, Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and leader of freedom struggle Govind Ballabh Pant and Gurmukh Singh Musafir, at Amritsar Airport.jpg\|thumb\|Partap Singh Kairon with [[Gurmukh Singh Musafir]] (extreme left) and other Political leaders at Amritsar Airport on 6 February 1956]]
	[[File:Partap Singh Kairon and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.jpg\|thumb\|220px\|Partap Singh Kairon (left) with the [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (right) on 30 December 1958]]		[[File:Partap Singh Kairon and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.jpg\|thumb\|220px\|Partap Singh Kairon (left) with the [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (right) on 30 December 1958]]

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'''Partap Singh Kairon''' (1 October 1901 – 6 February 1965)<ref>"Kairon, Partap Singh", in ''Indian Dictionary of National Biography''. Institute of Historical Studies (1990) p. 212</ref>
was the Chief Minister of the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] province (then comprising Punjab, [[Haryana]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]]), and is widely acknowledged as the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province (or Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as of today). Moreover, he was an [[Indian independence movement]] leader. He was jailed twice by the [[British Empire]], once for five years for organizing protests against British rule. His political influence and views are still considered to dominate politics in Punjab.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/builder-of-punjab-the-lost-legacy-of-sardar-partap-singh-kairon/story-LgBkUb0ttLrpMYISj2o9zH.html Builder of Punjab - THE LOST LEGACY OF SARDAR PARTAP SINGH KAIRON]</ref>

== Early life ==
Partap Singh Kairon was born on 1 October 1901, into a [[Jat Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite book|last=Arora|first=Subhash Chander|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwG-yOpSEy8C&pg=PA54|title=Turmoil in Punjab Politics|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1990|isbn=9788170992516|page=54}}</ref> His last name was taken from the village of [[Kairon]] in the [[Amritsar District|Amritsar]] district, of Tehsil Tarn Taran in province of [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] during the [[British Raj]] era.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-21|title=55 years after former Punjab CM Partap Singh Kairon’s assassination, son opens political conspiracy chapter|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/55-years-after-former-punjab-cm-partap-singh-kairon-s-assassination-son-opens-political-conspiracy-chapter/story-a4Mb8uwjPXB4ibNHb6vtYL.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> His grandfather was Sardar Gulab Singh Dhillon. His father, Nihal Singh Kairon (1863-1927), was a pioneer in initiating women's education in the province. Partap studied at Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehra Dun and [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]] and then went to the United States for further studies. During his time in USA, he supported himself by working on farms and in factories. He received his Master's degree in political science from the [[University of Michigan]]. He also received his Master's degree in Economics from [[University of California at Berkeley]] before going to Michigan. He was impressed by farming methods practised in the U.S.A and hoped to replicate the same in [[India]] later.

==Family==
Partap Singh Kairon had two sons and one daughter. They were [[Surinder Singh Kairon]], Gurinder Singh Kairon and Sarbrinder Kairon Grewal respectively. While the younger Gurinder remained Congressman like his father, Surinder later joined [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. Surinder's son [[Adesh Partap Singh Kairon]] is married to the daughter of [[Prakash Singh Badal]], Preneet Kaur and has been a minister in the [[Punjab]] government(Shiromani Akali Dal).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-chief-minister-punjab-partap-singh-kairon-killer-set-free/1/293937.html |title=Former Chief Minister Punjab Partap Singh Kairon's killer set free |publisher=India Today |date=31 August 1994 |access-date=28 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19990208/ige08171p.html |title=Kairons' sibling rivalry drags on |publisher=Financial Express |date=8 February 1999 |access-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112165158/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19990208/ige08171p.html |archive-date=12 November 2013 }}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== Entry into politics ===
Kairon returned to India in 1929. On 13 April 1932 he started an [[English language]] weekly paper called ''The New Era'' in Amritsar. He joined politics and the newspaper was eventually shut down. He was first a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]], and later of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was jailed in 1932 for five years for participating in [[civil disobedience]]. He entered the Punjab Legislative Assembly as an Akali nominee in 1937, defeating the Congress candidate, [[Baba Gurdit Singh]] of [[Sarhali]].

From 1941 to 1946, he was the General Secretary of the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee. He was jailed again in the 1942 [[Quit India Movement]] and was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946.

=== In power ===
After Independence in 1947, Partap Singh Kairon held various offices in the elected state government including Rehabilitation Minister, Development Minister (1947–1949) and Chief Minister (21 January 1956 to 23 June 1964).

=== Minister for Rehabilitation ===
As Minister for Rehabilitation in the days immediately after [[Partition of India]], Kairon handled the task of resettlement of millions of refugees who had migrated from [[West Punjab]] (Pakistan). Over three million migrated people were resettled in East Punjab (India) by allotment of dwellings, employments and land distribution, in a very short period of time.

[[File:Chief minister of Punjab Partap Singh Kairon, Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and leader of freedom struggle Govind Ballabh Pant and Gurmukh Singh Musafir, at Amritsar Airport.jpg|thumb|Partap Singh Kairon with other Political leaders at Amritsar Airport on 6 February 1956]]
[[File:Partap Singh Kairon and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.jpg|thumb|220px|Partap Singh Kairon (left) with the [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (right) on 30 December 1958]]

== Assassination ==
In 1964, following the publication of the report of the commission of inquiry which had exonerated him of the bulk of the allegations made against him by his political adversaries, Partap Singh Kairon resigned from his position as chief minister of the Punjab.

On 6 February 1965, he was on his way from Delhi to Chandigarh when he was waylaid near Rasoi village, [[Sonipat district]], and shot dead along with his personal assistant — an IAS officer, and the driver. The three were murdered by Sucha Bassi, Baldev Singh and Nahar Singh 'Fauji'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/13hang.htm|title=Prominent cases of hanging|publisher=[[Rediff]]|date=13 August 2004|access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref> Sucha had planned the killing of Kairon in revenge, because he believed that Kairon had taken a personal interest in securing the conviction of one Ajit Singh and his father Bir Singh in a murder case. Sucha Bassi, Baldev Singh and Nahar Singh 'Fauji' — were convicted and hanged in 1969 while the fourth accused, Daya Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment and released in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-chief-minister-punjab-partap-singh-kairon-killer-set-free/1/293937.html|title=Disputed release|publisher=[[India Today]]|date=31 August 1994|access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of assassinated Indian politicians]]
* [[Punjab's political families]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/entity/partap-singh-kairon Partap Singh Kairon materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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