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	[[Wing commander (rank)\|Wing Commander]] '''Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia''' was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician, diplomat and air force officer. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from the [[Tarn Taran (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Tarn Taran]] constituency of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Lok Sabha Debates\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUBPAQAAMAAJ\|access-date=19 October 2017\|year=1995\|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat\|page=5}}</ref><ref name="AggarwalAgrawal1992">{{cite book\|author1=J. C. Aggarwal\|author2=S. P. Agrawal\|title=Modern History of Punjab: A Look Back Into Ancient Peaceful Punjab Focusing Confrontation and Failures Leading to Present Punjab Problem, and a Peep Ahead : Relevant Select Documents\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-CN0Q4g-dwC&pg=PA75\|access-date=19 October 2017\|year=1992\|publisher=Concept Publishing Company\|isbn=978-81-7022-431-0\|pages=75–}}</ref><ref>[https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/1900/surjit-singh-majithia Surjit Singh Majithia a Politician, Parliamentarian and Diplomat]</ref>		[[Wing commander (rank)\|Wing Commander]] '''Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia''' was an Indian politician, diplomat and air force officer. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from the [[Tarn Taran (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Tarn Taran]] constituency of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Lok Sabha Debates\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUBPAQAAMAAJ\|access-date=19 October 2017\|year=1995\|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat\|page=5}}</ref><ref name="AggarwalAgrawal1992">{{cite book\|author1=J. C. Aggarwal\|author2=S. P. Agrawal\|title=Modern History of Punjab: A Look Back Into Ancient Peaceful Punjab Focusing Confrontation and Failures Leading to Present Punjab Problem, and a Peep Ahead : Relevant Select Documents\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-CN0Q4g-dwC&pg=PA75\|access-date=19 October 2017\|year=1992\|publisher=Concept Publishing Company\|isbn=978-81-7022-431-0\|pages=75–}}</ref><ref>[https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/1900/surjit-singh-majithia Surjit Singh Majithia a Politician, Parliamentarian and Diplomat]</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	Majithia was born into a prominent [[Jatt Sikh]] landholding family. His father was [[Sundar Singh Majithia\|Sir Sundar Singh Majithia]] who served in the Punjab government.<ref>The Indian Journal of Political Science. India, Indian Political Science Association, 1974.</ref>		Majithia was born into a prominent [[Jatt Sikh]] landholding family. His father was [[Sundar Singh Majithia\|Sir Sundar Singh Majithia]] who served in the Punjab government.<ref>The Indian Journal of Political Science. India, Indian Political Science Association, 1974.</ref>

	Majithia was commissioned a pilot officer in the flying branch of the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 8 November 1939, two months after the start of the Second World War.<ref>{{cite book\|pages=1192–1199\|title=Indian Air Force - Air Force List\|publisher=HM Stationery Office\|year=1941}}</ref> He rose to command a fighter squadron until he left the ~~air force~~ in 1944 to pursue a political career.<ref name="hon.W/C">{{cite web\|title=Two Honorary Wing Commanders in the RIAF\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-AUG-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-09-17_009.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=17 September 1947\|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> From 1945 to 1947, he was member of [[Central Legislative Assembly]], served on the Defence Consultative Committee and was principal of Khalsa College, Amritsar.<ref name="hon.W/C"/> After independence in 1947, he was promoted to honorary wing commander in the (Royal) Indian Air Force and appointed ambassador to the neighboring country of [[Nepal]], where he remained until 1949.		Majithia was commissioned a pilot officer in the flying branch of the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 8 November 1939, two months after the start of the Second World War.<ref>{{cite book\|pages=1192–1199\|title=Indian Air Force - Air Force List\|publisher=HM Stationery Office\|year=1941}}</ref> He rose to command a fighter squadron until he left the Air Force in 1944 to pursue a political career.<ref name="hon.W/C">{{cite web\|title=Two Honorary Wing Commanders in the RIAF\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-AUG-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-09-17_009.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=17 September 1947\|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> From 1945 to 1947, he was member of [[Central Legislative Assembly]], served on the Defence Consultative Committee and was principal of Khalsa College, Amritsar.<ref name="hon.W/C"/> After independence in 1947, he was promoted to honorary wing commander in the (Royal) Indian Air Force and appointed ambassador to the neighboring country of [[Nepal]], where he remained until 1949.

	He was also President of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] and [[Wrestling Federation of India]]; Vice-president of [[National Rifle Association of India]] and President of [[All India Tennis Association]].		He was also President of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] and [[Wrestling Federation of India]]; Vice-president of [[National Rifle Association of India]] and President of [[All India Tennis Association]].

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| birth_place = [[Shimla]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| residence = Majithia House, [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1995|09|27|1912|08|8}}
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
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| constituency = [[Tarn Taran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tarn Taran]] [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
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| spouse = Sardarni & Kushalpal Kaur
| children = 3 Sons
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[[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] '''Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia''' was an [[India]]n politician, diplomat and air force officer. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from the [[Tarn Taran (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tarn Taran]] constituency of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUBPAQAAMAAJ|access-date=19 October 2017|year=1995|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=5}}</ref><ref name="AggarwalAgrawal1992">{{cite book|author1=J. C. Aggarwal|author2=S. P. Agrawal|title=Modern History of Punjab: A Look Back Into Ancient Peaceful Punjab Focusing Confrontation and Failures Leading to Present Punjab Problem, and a Peep Ahead : Relevant Select Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-CN0Q4g-dwC&pg=PA75|access-date=19 October 2017|year=1992|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-431-0|pages=75–}}</ref><ref>[https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/1900/surjit-singh-majithia Surjit Singh Majithia a Politician, Parliamentarian and Diplomat]</ref>

==Biography==
Majithia was born into a prominent [[Jatt Sikh]] landholding family. His father was [[Sundar Singh Majithia|Sir Sundar Singh Majithia]] who served in the Punjab government.<ref>The Indian Journal of Political Science. India, Indian Political Science Association, 1974.</ref>

Majithia was commissioned a pilot officer in the flying branch of the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 8 November 1939, two months after the start of the Second World War.<ref>{{cite book|pages=1192–1199|title=Indian Air Force - Air Force List|publisher=HM Stationery Office|year=1941}}</ref> He rose to command a fighter squadron until he left the air force in 1944 to pursue a political career.<ref name="hon.W/C">{{cite web|title=Two Honorary Wing Commanders in the RIAF|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-AUG-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-09-17_009.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=17 September 1947|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> From 1945 to 1947, he was member of [[Central Legislative Assembly]], served on the Defence Consultative Committee and was principal of Khalsa College, Amritsar.<ref name="hon.W/C"/> After independence in 1947, he was promoted to honorary wing commander in the (Royal) Indian Air Force and appointed ambassador to the neighboring country of [[Nepal]], where he remained until 1949.

He was also President of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] and [[Wrestling Federation of India]]; Vice-president of [[National Rifle Association of India]] and President of [[All India Tennis Association]].

==See also==
* [[Majithia Sirdars]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/829.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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