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	\| name = ~~Sardar~~ Ujjal Singh		\| name = Ujjal Singh
	\| image =~~S. Ujjal Singh Official portrait 1965.jpg~~		\| image =
	\| order = 1st		\| order = 1st
	\| office = Governor of Tamil Nadu		\| office = Governor of Tamil Nadu
	\| 1blankname = Chief Minister		\| 1blankname = Chief Minister
	\| 1namedata = [[C. N. Annadurai]]<br>[[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]] {{small\|(Acting)}}<br>[[M. Karunanidhi]]		\| 1namedata = [[C. N. Annadurai]]<br/>[[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]] {{small\|(Acting)}}<br/>[[M. Karunanidhi]]
	\| term_start = 14 January 1969		\| term_start = 14 January 1969
	\| term_end = 27 May 1971		\| term_end = 27 May 1971
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	\| office1 = 7th [[Governor of Tamil Nadu\|Governor of Madras State]]		\| office1 = 7th [[Governor of Tamil Nadu\|Governor of Madras State]]
	\| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister		\| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
	\| 1namedata1 = [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]]<br> C. N. Annadurai		\| 1namedata1 = [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]]<br/> C. N. Annadurai
	\| term_start1 = 28 June 1966		\| term_start1 = 28 June 1966
	\| term_end1 = 14 January 1969 <br> {{small\|(Acting to till 16 June 1967)}}		\| term_end1 = 14 January 1969 <br/> {{small\|(Acting to till 16 June 1967)}}
	\| predecessor1= [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]]		\| predecessor1= [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]]
	\| successor1 = ''Office Abolished''		\| successor1 = ''Office Abolished''
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	\| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]		\| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
	\| parents = Sujan Singh, Lakshmi Devi		\| parents = Sujan Singh, Lakshmi Devi
	\| relatives = [[Sobha Singh (builder)\|Sir Sobha Singh]] (Brother)		\| relatives = [[Sobha Singh (builder)\|Sir Sobha Singh]] (Brother), [[Khushwant Singh]] (Nephew)
	\| alma_mater = [[Government College University, Lahore]]		\| alma_mater = [[Government College University, Lahore]]
	}}		}}
	'''Sardar Ujjal Singh''' (27 December 1895 – 15 February 1983) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician who served as the [[Governor of Punjab (India)]] (1 September 1965 – 26 June 1966), followed by [[List of Governors of Tamil Nadu\|Governor of Tamil Nadu]] ~~from~~ (28~~.06.~~1966 -16~~.06.~~1967).<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil-Nadu Indian states since 1947], (Worldstatesmen, 16 September 2008)</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/governors1946.htm Governors of Tamil Nadu since 1946], (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 15 September 2008)</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title= Past Governors\|url=http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/PastGovernors.htm \|publisher=[[Raj Bhavan, Chennai]], Official website }}</ref> Prior to this he was a participant in the [[Round Table Conferences (India)#First Round Table Conference .28November 1930 .E2.80.93 January 1931.29\|First Round Table Conference]], opened officially by King George V on 12 November 1930.		'''Sardar Ujjal Singh''' (27 December 1895 – 15 February 1983) was an Indian politician who served as the [[Governor of Punjab (India)]] (1 September 1965 – 26 June 1966), followed by acting [[List of Governors of Tamil Nadu\|Governor of Tamil Nadu]] (28 June 1966 - 16 June 1967).<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil-Nadu Indian states since 1947], (Worldstatesmen, 16 September 2008)</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/governors1946.htm Governors of Tamil Nadu since 1946], (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 15 September 2008)</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title= Past Governors\|url=http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/PastGovernors.htm \|publisher=[[Raj Bhavan, Chennai]], Official website }}</ref> Prior to this he was a participant in the [[Round Table Conferences (India)#First Round Table Conference .28November 1930 .E2.80.93 January 1931.29\|First Round Table Conference]], opened officially by King George V on 12 November 1930.

	==Family==		==Family==
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	==Political life==		==Political life==
			He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Council in (1926–36) and continued serving till 1956. He served as Parliamentary Secretary(Home) in the Unionist Government in undivided Punjab (1936-1941). He was nominated as a Sikh representative to the 1st and 2nd Round Table Conferences held in London. He also served as secretary of the Khalsa National Party, which was created by Sir Joginder Singh in 1935.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Sood \|first1=Rekha \|title=Punjab Politics 1937-47: Role of Joginder Singh, Ujjal Singh And Baldev Singh \|date=2010 \|publisher=Department of History, Punjabi University, Patiala \|pages=414 \|s2cid=153981077 \|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/61fe/336435cb268128e311b381a46104c589bd42.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213022836/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/61fe/336435cb268128e311b381a46104c589bd42.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=13 February 2020\|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
	He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Council in (1926–36) and continued serving till 1956. He served as Parliamentary Secretary(Home) in the Unionist Government in undivided Punjab (1936-1941). He was nominated as a Sikh representative to the 1st and 2nd Round Table Conferences held in London. He also served as secretary of the Khalsa National Party, which was created by Sir Joginder Singh in 1935.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Sood \|first1=Rekha \|title=Punjab Politics 1937-47: Role of Joginder Singh, Ujjal Singh And Baldev Singh \|date=2010 \|publisher=Department of History, Punjabi University, Patiala \|pages=414 \|s2cid=153981077 \|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/61fe/336435cb268128e311b381a46104c589bd42.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213022836/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/61fe/336435cb268128e311b381a46104c589bd42.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2020~~-02-13~~ \|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

	After the partition of India, he shifted to Shimla, where Ujjal Singh was elected to the Legislative Council of East Punjab. He served as Minister of Industries and Civil Supplies, and again as Finance and Industries Minister between 1949 and 1956.		After the partition of India, he shifted to Shimla, where Ujjal Singh was elected to the Legislative Council of East Punjab. He served as Minister of Industries and Civil Supplies, and again as Finance and Industries Minister between 1949 and 1956.

	He was a member of the Second Finance Commission established by the Government of India from June 1956 to September 1957. He served as ~~Governor of Punjab~~ Governor of Punjab from 1 September 1965 to 27 June 1966, and as Governor of Tamil Nadu from 28 June 1966 to 25 May 1971.		He was a member of the Second Finance Commission established by the Government of India from June 1956 to September 1957. He served as Governor of Punjab from 1 September 1965 to 27 June 1966, and as Governor of Tamil Nadu from 28 June 1966 to 25 May 1971.

	==Education Institutions==		==Education Institutions==

	As a member of the Punjabi University Commission (1960), he was instrumental in setting up of Punjabi University, Patiala.<ref>{{cite web \|title=How it all Started \|url=http://pupdepartments.ac.in/pbiuniweb/news/howitallstarted.html \|website=Punjabi University, Patiala \|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> He was the founder of Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh, where he served as Founder President.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Founder President \|url=http://www.gnpschandigarh.com/Page.aspx?PID=147 \|website=Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh \|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>		As a member of the Punjabi University Commission (1960), he was instrumental in setting up of Punjabi University, Patiala.<ref>{{cite web \|title=How it all Started \|url=http://pupdepartments.ac.in/pbiuniweb/news/howitallstarted.html \|website=Punjabi University, Patiala \|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> He was the founder of Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh, where he served as Founder President.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Founder President \|url=http://www.gnpschandigarh.com/Page.aspx?PID=147 \|website=Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh \|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sardar Ujjal Singh
| image =S. Ujjal Singh Official portrait 1965.jpg
| order = 1st
| office = Governor of Tamil Nadu
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[C. N. Annadurai]]<br>[[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[M. Karunanidhi]]
| term_start = 14 January 1969
| term_end = 27 May 1971
| predecessor = ''Office Established''
| successor = [[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]
| office1 = 7th [[Governor of Tamil Nadu|Governor of Madras State]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]]<br> C. N. Annadurai
| term_start1 = 28 June 1966
| term_end1 = 14 January 1969 <br> {{small|(Acting to till 16 June 1967)}}
| predecessor1= [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]]
| successor1 = ''Office Abolished''
| office2 = 6th [[Governor of Punjab (India)|Governor of Punjab]]
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Ram Kishan]]
| term_start2 = 1 September 1965
| term_end2 = 26 June 1966
| predecessor2= [[Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim]]
| successor2 = [[Dharma Vira]]
| birth_date = 27 December 1895
| birth_place = [[Rawalpindi]], [[Sindh Sagar Doab]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|2|15|1895|12|27|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| parents = Sujan Singh, Lakshmi Devi
| relatives = [[Sobha Singh (builder)|Sir Sobha Singh]] (Brother)
| alma_mater = [[Government College University, Lahore]]
}}
'''Sardar Ujjal Singh''' (27 December 1895 – 15 February 1983) was an [[India]]n politician who served as the [[Governor of Punjab (India)]] (1 September 1965 – 26 June 1966), followed by [[List of Governors of Tamil Nadu|Governor of Tamil Nadu]] from (28.06.1966 -16.06.1967).<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil-Nadu Indian states since 1947], (Worldstatesmen, 16 September 2008)</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/governors1946.htm Governors of Tamil Nadu since 1946], (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 15 September 2008)</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Past Governors|url=http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/PastGovernors.htm |publisher=[[Raj Bhavan, Chennai]], Official website }}</ref> Prior to this he was a participant in the [[Round Table Conferences (India)#First Round Table Conference .28November 1930 .E2.80.93 January 1931.29|First Round Table Conference]], opened officially by King George V on 12 November 1930.

==Family==
He was the younger of the two sons of Sujan Singh and Lakshmi Devi, a family that traced their ancestry back to Sikh martyr [[Bhai Sangat Singh]]. Born in the city of [[Rawalpindi]] in the [[Sindh Sagar Doab]] of the Punjab, he studied in the Khalsa Collegiate School, Amritsar, after which he completed his Master’s degree in History from Government College, Lahore. His elder brother was [[Sobha Singh (builder)|Sir Sobha Singh]], the principal contractor during the construction of [[New Delhi]], 1911–1930, and father of writer [[Khushwant Singh]],
<ref name=ujj>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/heritage/WeaponsGGS/WeaponsGGS.htm|title = Untitled Document}}</ref> was a witness for prosecution in the [[Bhagat Singh#Delhi Assembly bombing and arrest|1929 Assembly Bomb Case]], in which he identified and testified against [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Batukeshwar Dutt]] after they threw bombs at the Delhi assembly in 1929,<ref name=traitor1>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/khushwant-singh-sir-sobha-singh-bhagat-singh/1/146778.html Indiatoday article]</ref> subsequently, [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh]], [[Sukhdev]] and [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]] were sentenced to death for their role in the assassination of Saunders.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.shahidbhagatsingh.org/index.asp?link=ordinance | title = Ordinance No. III of 1930 | access-date =29 October 2011| work = Letters, Writings and Statements of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his Copatriots | publisher = Shahid Bhagat Singh Research Committee, Ludhiana}}</ref>

==Political life==

He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Council in (1926–36) and continued serving till 1956. He served as Parliamentary Secretary(Home) in the Unionist Government in undivided Punjab (1936-1941). He was nominated as a Sikh representative to the 1st and 2nd Round Table Conferences held in London. He also served as secretary of the Khalsa National Party, which was created by Sir Joginder Singh in 1935.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sood |first1=Rekha |title=Punjab Politics 1937-47: Role of Joginder Singh, Ujjal Singh And Baldev Singh |date=2010 |publisher=Department of History, Punjabi University, Patiala |pages=414 |s2cid=153981077 |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/61fe/336435cb268128e311b381a46104c589bd42.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213022836/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/61fe/336435cb268128e311b381a46104c589bd42.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-13 |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

After the partition of India, he shifted to Shimla, where Ujjal Singh was elected to the Legislative Council of East Punjab. He served as Minister of Industries and Civil Supplies, and again as Finance and Industries Minister between 1949 and 1956.

He was a member of the Second Finance Commission established by the Government of India from June 1956 to September 1957. He served as Governor of Punjab Governor of Punjab from 1 September 1965 to 27 June 1966, and as Governor of Tamil Nadu from 28 June 1966 to 25 May 1971.

==Education Institutions==

As a member of the Punjabi University Commission (1960), he was instrumental in setting up of Punjabi University, Patiala.<ref>{{cite web |title=How it all Started |url=http://pupdepartments.ac.in/pbiuniweb/news/howitallstarted.html |website=Punjabi University, Patiala |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> He was the founder of Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh, where he served as Founder President.<ref>{{cite web |title=Founder President |url=http://www.gnpschandigarh.com/Page.aspx?PID=147 |website=Guru Nanak Public School, Chandigarh |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

==Death==
Ujjal Singh died at his New Delhi residence on 15 February 1983.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110711102456/http://www.gnpschandigarh.com/founder_president_gnps.php Biography of Sardar Ujjal Singh]

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