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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 9 April 1936) is a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, the upper house of the Parliament of India&lt;/del&gt;. He is the President of [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)|Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;political party&lt;/del&gt;, which is formed by the merger of [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)]] and [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)|Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali)]] lead by him and [[Ranjit Singh Brahmpura|Ranjit Singh Brahampura]] respectively. He used to be a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(SAD) &lt;/del&gt;political party until tensions rose inside the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] Political Party&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Dhindsa started his political journey as an active student leader during his graduation years at [[Govt. Ranbir College Sangrur]]. He was the first elected Secretary of Ranbir College Students&#039; Council and subsequently elected as the president of council too. After graduating he was elected as the Sarpanch (youngest in whole district) of his native village Ubhawal in Sangrur district. Amongst the elected Sapanches he became the chairman of Block Samiti Sangrur. Later he was elected as Managing Director of District Cooperative Bank, Sangrur. In 1972 Dhindsa won Dhanaula Assembly Constituency seat as an independent candidate and later joined [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] under the guidance and motivation of [[Sant Harchand Singh Longowal]]. He again was elected as an  MLA from Sunam on [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] ticket and inducted as Minister of State (Independent Charge) holding the portfolios of Transport, Sports, Tourism, Cultural Affairs and Civil Aviation. In 1980 he again was re elected to Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Sangrur seat. In 1985 he became MLA from Sunam. Later in 1986, differences brew in Surjit Singh Barnala&#039;s Government on the issue of Operation Black Thunder and Dhindsa choose to go with the faction of Parkash Singh Badal in retaliation to operation black thunder&lt;/del&gt;. He was previously a member of [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]], representing the [[Sangrur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangrur]] constituency of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. He has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in the awards list of 26 January 2019. However, he returned it in December 2020 during the farmer protests.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 9 April 1936) is a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]]. He is the President of [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)|Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)]], which is formed by the merger of [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)]] and [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)|Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali)]] lead by him and [[Ranjit Singh Brahmpura|Ranjit Singh Brahampura]] respectively. He used to be a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] political party until tensions rose inside the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] Political Party. He was previously a member of [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]], representing the [[Sangrur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangrur]] constituency of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. He has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in the awards list of 26 January 2019. However, he returned it in December 2020 during the farmer protests.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, at the Civil Investiture Cerem.jpg|thumb|President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presenting the [[Padma Bhushan]] Award to Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], in [[New Delhi]] on March 11, 2019.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, at the Civil Investiture Cerem.jpg|thumb|President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presenting the [[Padma Bhushan]] Award to Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], in [[New Delhi]] on March 11, 2019.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was union minister of sports and chemicals and fertilisers in [[Third Vajpayee Ministry]] from 2000 to 2004. He was member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1998 to 2004.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20141213065348/http://www.in.com/sukhdev-singh-dhindsa/biography-524.html Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Biography, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Bio, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Photos, Videos, Wallpapers, News&amp;lt;!-- Bot generated title --&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was union minister of sports and chemicals and fertilisers in [[Third Vajpayee Ministry]] from 2000 to 2004. He was member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1998 to 2004.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20141213065348/http://www.in.com/sukhdev-singh-dhindsa/biography-524.html Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Biography, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Bio, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Photos, Videos, Wallpapers, News&amp;lt;!-- Bot generated title --&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;His son [[Parminder Singh Dhindsa]] was finance minister of Punjab.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;His son &lt;/del&gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Parminder &lt;/del&gt;Singh &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dhindsa&lt;/del&gt;]] was &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;finance minister &lt;/del&gt;of Punjab.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;== Political career ==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dhindsa started his political journey as an active student leader during his graduation years at [[Govt. Ranbir College Sangrur]]. He was the first elected Secretary of Ranbir College Students&#039; Council and subsequently elected as the president of council too. After graduating he was elected as the Sarpanch (youngest in whole district) of his native village Ubhawal in Sangrur district. Amongst the elected Sapanches he became the chairman of Block Samiti Sangrur. Later he was elected as Managing Director of District Cooperative Bank, Sangrur. In 1972 Dhindsa won Dhanaula Assembly Constituency seat as an independent candidate and later joined &lt;/ins&gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Shiromani Akali Dal]] under the guidance and motivation of [[Sant Harchand &lt;/ins&gt;Singh &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Longowal&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. He again &lt;/ins&gt;was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;elected as an  MLA from Sunam on [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] ticket and inducted as Minister &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;State (Independent Charge) holding the portfolios of Transport, Sports, Tourism, Cultural Affairs and Civil Aviation. In 1980 he again was re elected to &lt;/ins&gt;Punjab &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Vidhan Sabha from Sangrur seat. In 1985 he became MLA from Sunam. Later in 1986, differences brew in Surjit Singh Barnala&#039;s Government on the issue of Operation Black Thunder and Dhindsa choose to go with the faction of Parkash Singh Badal in retaliation to operation black thunder&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| office = Member of Parliament [[Rajya Sabha]]  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| office &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;             &lt;/ins&gt;= Member of Parliament [[Rajya Sabha]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| term_start = 9 April 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| term_start &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;         &lt;/ins&gt;= 9 April 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| term_end =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| term_end &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;           &lt;/ins&gt;=  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| predecessor =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| predecessor &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;        &lt;/ins&gt;=  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| successor =&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| successor &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;          &lt;/ins&gt;=  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| constituency = [[Punjab]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| constituency &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;       &lt;/ins&gt;= [[Punjab]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| office1 = Member of Parliament [[Lok Sabha]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| office1 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;            &lt;/ins&gt;= Member of Parliament [[Lok Sabha]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| term1 = 2004 - 2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| term1 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;              &lt;/ins&gt;= 2004 - 2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| predecessor1 = [[Simranjit Singh Mann]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| predecessor1 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;       &lt;/ins&gt;= [[Simranjit Singh Mann]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| successor1 = [[Vijay Inder Singla]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| successor1 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;         &lt;/ins&gt;= [[Vijay Inder Singla]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| constituency1 = [[Sangrur]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| constituency1 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;      &lt;/ins&gt;= [[Sangrur]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| party = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/sukhdev-singh-dhindsa-proclaims-himself-as-sad-chief-109991 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa proclaims himself as SAD chief]. 8 July 2020. &#039;&#039;The Tribune&#039;&#039;. Retrieved 11 July 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| party &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;              &lt;/ins&gt;= [[Shiromani Akali Dal &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(Sanyukt)&lt;/ins&gt;]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/sukhdev-singh-dhindsa-proclaims-himself-as-sad-chief-109991 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa proclaims himself as SAD chief]. 8 July 2020. &#039;&#039;The Tribune&#039;&#039;. Retrieved 11 July 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| religion = Sikhism&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| spouse &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;             &lt;/ins&gt;= Harjit Kaur&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| spouse = Harjit Kaur&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| children &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;           &lt;/ins&gt;= 1 son and 2 daughters including [[Parminder Singh Dhindsa]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| children = 1 son and 2 daughters including [[Parminder Singh Dhindsa]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| website &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;            &lt;/ins&gt;=  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| website =&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| footnotes &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;          &lt;/ins&gt;=  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| footnotes =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| source &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;             &lt;/ins&gt;= http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4130&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4130&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| awards &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;             &lt;/ins&gt;= [[Padma Bhushan]] (2019)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|awards=[[Padma Bhushan]] (2019)}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 9 April 1936) is a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Parliament of India. He is &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;a member &lt;/del&gt;of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)]] (&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;SAD&lt;/del&gt;)(&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;D&lt;/del&gt;) &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;political party&lt;/del&gt;. He used to be a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] (SAD) political party until tensions rose inside the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] Political Party. He was previously a member of [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]], representing the [[Sangrur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangrur]] constituency of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. He has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Awards &lt;/del&gt;list of 26 January 2019. However, he returned it in December 2020 during the farmer protests.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 9 April 1936) is a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Parliament of India. He is &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the President &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)|Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)]] political party, which is formed by &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;merger of &lt;/ins&gt;[[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and [[Shiromani Akali Dal &lt;/ins&gt;(&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Democratic&lt;/ins&gt;)&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|Shiromani Akali Dal &lt;/ins&gt;(&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Taksali&lt;/ins&gt;)&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] lead by him and [[Ranjit Singh Brahmpura|Ranjit Singh Brahampura]] respectively&lt;/ins&gt;. He used to be a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] (SAD) political party until tensions rose inside the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] Political Party&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Dhindsa started his political journey as an active student leader during his graduation years at [[Govt. Ranbir College Sangrur]]. He was the first elected Secretary of Ranbir College Students&#039; Council and subsequently elected as the president of council too. After graduating he was elected as the Sarpanch (youngest in whole district) of his native village Ubhawal in Sangrur district. Amongst the elected Sapanches he became the chairman of Block Samiti Sangrur. Later he was elected as Managing Director of District Cooperative Bank, Sangrur. In 1972 Dhindsa won Dhanaula Assembly Constituency seat as an independent candidate and later joined [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] under the guidance and motivation of [[Sant Harchand Singh Longowal]]. He again was elected as an  MLA from Sunam on [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] ticket and inducted as Minister of State (Independent Charge) holding the portfolios of Transport, Sports, Tourism, Cultural Affairs and Civil Aviation. In 1980 he again was re elected to Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Sangrur seat. In 1985 he became MLA from Sunam. Later in 1986, differences brew in Surjit Singh Barnala&#039;s Government on the issue of Operation Black Thunder and Dhindsa choose to go with the faction of Parkash Singh Badal in retaliation to operation black thunder&lt;/ins&gt;. He was previously a member of [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]], representing the [[Sangrur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangrur]] constituency of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. He has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;awards &lt;/ins&gt;list of 26 January 2019. However, he returned it in December 2020 during the farmer protests.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| name = Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa&lt;br /&gt;
| image = Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1936|4|9|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place =[[Sangrur]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]],  [[British India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence =[[Sangrur]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date =&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place =&lt;br /&gt;
| office = Member of Parliament [[Rajya Sabha]] &lt;br /&gt;
| term_start = 9 April 2010&lt;br /&gt;
| term_end = &lt;br /&gt;
| predecessor = &lt;br /&gt;
| successor =&lt;br /&gt;
| constituency = [[Punjab]]&lt;br /&gt;
| office1 = Member of Parliament [[Lok Sabha]]&lt;br /&gt;
| term1 = 2004 - 2009&lt;br /&gt;
| predecessor1 = [[Simranjit Singh Mann]]&lt;br /&gt;
| successor1 = [[Vijay Inder Singla]]&lt;br /&gt;
| constituency1 = [[Sangrur]]&lt;br /&gt;
| party = [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/sukhdev-singh-dhindsa-proclaims-himself-as-sad-chief-109991 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa proclaims himself as SAD chief]. 8 July 2020. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Tribune&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Retrieved 11 July 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
| religion = Sikhism&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse = Harjit Kaur&lt;br /&gt;
| children = 1 son and 2 daughters including [[Parminder Singh Dhindsa]]&lt;br /&gt;
| website =&lt;br /&gt;
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| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4130&lt;br /&gt;
|awards=[[Padma Bhushan]] (2019)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 9 April 1936) is a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Parliament of India. He is a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)]] (SAD)(D) political party. He used to be a member of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] (SAD) political party until tensions rose inside the [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] Political Party. He was previously a member of [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]], representing the [[Sangrur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sangrur]] constituency of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. He has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in the Awards list of 26 January 2019. However, he returned it in December 2020 during the farmer protests.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, at the Civil Investiture Cerem.jpg|thumb|President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presenting the [[Padma Bhushan]] Award to Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I, at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], in [[New Delhi]] on March 11, 2019.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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He was union minister of sports and chemicals and fertilisers in [[Third Vajpayee Ministry]] from 2000 to 2004. He was member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1998 to 2004.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20141213065348/http://www.in.com/sukhdev-singh-dhindsa/biography-524.html Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Biography, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Bio, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Photos, Videos, Wallpapers, News&amp;lt;!-- Bot generated title --&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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His son [[Parminder Singh Dhindsa]] was finance minister of Punjab.&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4130 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]&lt;br /&gt;
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