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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sadhu Singh
| office = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Faridkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faridkot]]
| term_start = [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| term_end = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| predecessor = [[Paramjit Kaur Gulshan]]
| successor= [[Muhammad Sadiq (singer)|Muhammad Sadiq]]
| birth_date = 1941
| birth_place = Manuke, Moga, Punjab, [[British India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| spouse =
| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| profession = [[Politician]], Retired Professor
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| religion =
| website =
}}

'''Sadhu Singh''' is an Indian academic and politician from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He was a [[Parliament of India|member of parliament]] from [[Faridkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faridkot]] from 2014 to 2019. He is part of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] and is a member of its national executive committee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sadhu Singh – Aam Aadmi Party|url=https://aamaadmiparty.org/teams/sadhu-singh/|access-date=2020-07-15|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Sadhu Singh was born in the village of Manuke Gill in Moga District in 1941. He joined the irrigation department as a draughtsman in Chandigarh in 1961. He continued his studies and was awarded a M.A. degree in English from [[Punjab University, Chandigarh]] in 1970. He also attained degree of Budhiman (Proficiency in Punjabi) from [[Panjab University]] in [[Chandigarh|Chandhigarh]]. He also taught the subject of English to paramedical classes at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot.

== Career ==
He was selected by [[Punjab Public Service Commission (India)|Punjab Public Service Commission]] as a college lecturer in English in 1970. He served at Government Brijindra College Faridkot from 1971 to 1999 as Lecturer in English and worked for College Lecturer Association (G.C.L.A.) Punjab. After retirement in 1999, he worked as Principal in K. K. Marwah Girls College, Faridkot.

== Social work ==
Singh has authored two books of Punjabi poetry, ''Pyasi Mehak'' and ''Saleeb Te Sargam'' and has been associated with numerous literary and cultural Sabhas and Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

== Politics ==
Singh contested the [[2014 Indian general election]] on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket from Faridkot constituency and defeated [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]'s Paramjit Kaur Gulshan by 172,516 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS199.htm?ac=9|accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
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| before= [[Paramjit Kaur Gulshan]]
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