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{{short description|15th Chief Minister of Punjab, India}}
{{Other people|Amrinder Singh}}
{{Other people|Amrinder Singh}}
{{short description|15th Chief Minister of Punjab, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| image              = Amarinder Singh.jpg
| image              = Amarinder Singh.jpg
| caption            =  
| caption            = Singh in April 2017
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|03|11}}
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|03|11}}
| birth_place        = [[Patiala]], [[Patiala State]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]])
| birth_place        = [[Patiala|Patiala City]], [[Patiala State]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] <br /> {{small|(now [[Patiala]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]])}}
| office              = 15th [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]
| office              = 15th [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]]
| term_start          = 16 March 2017
| term_start          = 16 March 2017
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| term_start1        = 26 February 2002
| term_start1        = 26 February 2002
| term_end1          = 1 March 2007
| term_end1          = 1 March 2007
| governor1          = [[J. F. R. Jacob]]<br />[[O. P. Verma]]<br />[[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]] (additional charge)<br />[[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
| deputy1 = [[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]] (from 6 January 2004) | governor1          = [[J. F. R. Jacob]]<br />[[O. P. Verma]]<br />[[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]] (additional charge)<br />[[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
| predecessor1        = [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| predecessor1        = [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| successor1          = [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| successor1          = [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
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| term_start2        = 16 March 2017
| term_start2        = 16 March 2017
| term_end2          = 18 September 2021
| term_end2          = 18 September 2021
| 2blankname2        = Chief Minister
| predecessor2        = [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| 2namedata2         = Himself
| successor2         = [[Charanjit Singh Channi]]
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| office3            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]], [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab]]&nbsp;
| office3            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]], [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab]]&nbsp;
| term_start3        = 11 March 2017
| term_start3        = 11 March 2017
| term_end3          =  
| term_end3          = 15 March 2022
| predecessor3        = [[Preneet Kaur]]
| predecessor3        = [[Preneet Kaur]]
| successor3          =  
| successor3          = [[Ajit Pal Singh Kohli]]
| constituency3      = [[Patiala Urban (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patiala Urban]]
| constituency3      = [[Patiala Assembly constituency|Patiala]]
| term_start4        = 2002
| term_start4        = 2002
| term_end4          = 2014
| term_end4          = 2014
| predecessor4        = [[Surjit Singh Kohli]]
| predecessor4        = Surjit Singh Kohli
| successor4          = [[Preneet Kaur]]
| successor4          = [[Preneet Kaur]]
| constituency4      = [[Patiala Town]]
| constituency4      = Patiala Town
| term_start5        = 1992
| term_start5        = 1992
| term_end5          = 1997
| term_end5          = 1997
| predecessor5        = [[Hardial Singh Rajla]]
| predecessor5        = Hardial Singh Rajla
| successor5          = [[Jagtar Singh Rajla]]
| successor5          = Jagtar Singh Rajla
| constituency5      = [[Samana Assembly Constituency|Samana]]
| constituency5      = [[Samana Assembly constituency|Samana]]
| term_start6        = 1985
| term_start6        = 1985
| term_end6          = 1992
| term_end6          = 1992
| predecessor6        = [[Avtar Singh (Punjabi politician)|Avtar Singh]]
| predecessor6        = Avtar Singh
| successor6          = [[Harminder Singh]]
| successor6          = [[Harminder Singh]]
| constituency6      = [[Talwandi Sabo Assembly Constituency|Talwandi Sabo]]
| constituency6      = [[Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituency|Talwandi Sabo]]
| office7            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| office7            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency7      = [[Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amritsar]]
| constituency7      = [[Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency|Amritsar]]
| term_start7        = 26 May 2014
| term_start7        = 26 May 2014
| term_end7          = 23 November 2016
| term_end7          = 23 November 2016
| predecessor7        = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
| predecessor7        = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
| successor7          = [[Gurjit Singh Aujla]]
| successor7          = Gurjit Singh Aujla
| constituency8      = [[Patiala (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patiala]]
| constituency8      = [[Patiala Lok Sabha constituency|Patiala]]
| term_start8        = 1980
| term_start8        = 1980
| term_end8          = 1984
| term_end8          = 1984
| predecessor8        = [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]]
| predecessor8        = [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]]
| successor8          = [[Charanjit Singh Walia]]
| successor8          = [[Charanjit Singh Walia]]
| party              = [[Punjab Lok Congress]]
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]], [[Shiromani Akali Dal]],[[Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic)]]
| otherparty          = {{bulletlist|[[Punjab Lok Congress]]|[[Indian National Congress]]|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|[[Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic)]]}}
| religion            = [[Sikhism]]
| nationality        = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| parents            = {{Unbulleted list|[[Yadavindra Singh]]|[[Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala|Mohinder Kaur]]}}
| citizenship        = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| education          =
| parents            = {{Unbulleted list|[[Maharaja]] [[Yadavindra Singh]]|[[Maharani]] [[Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala|Mohinder Kaur]]}}
| spouse              = {{Marriage|[[Preneet Kaur]]|31 October 1964}}
| spouse              = {{Marriage|[[Preneet Kaur]]|31 October 1964}}
| children            = 2, including [[Raninder Singh]]
| children            = 2, including [[Raninder Singh]]
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| unit                = [[Sikh Regiment]]
| unit                = [[Sikh Regiment]]
| honorific_prefix    = [[Captain (Army)|Captain]] (Retd.)
| honorific_prefix    = [[Captain (Army)|Captain]] (Retd.)
| module              = {{infobox royalty
| module              = {{infobox pretender
| embed = yes
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| succession = Titular [[Maharaja of Patiala]]  
| title = [[Maharaja of Patiala]]  
| reign      = 17 June 1974– present
| throne = [[Patiala State|Patiala]]
| pretend from      = 17 June 1974–''present''
| year        = '''Sovereign Monarchy'''<br>1947 ([[Instrument of Accession]])<br>'''Titular Monarchy'''<br>1971 ([[Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India|26th Amendment of the Indian Constitution]])
| predecessor = [[Yadavindra Singh]]
| predecessor = [[Yadavindra Singh]]
| suc-type = {{nowrap|[[Heir apparent]]}}
| heir_apparent = [[Raninder Singh]]
| successor = [[Raninder Singh]]
| signature = Amarinder Singh signature.svg
}}
}}
| battles            = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
| battles            = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
}}
}}


'''Amarinder Singh''' (born 11 March 1942),<ref>{{cite web|last1=Quint|first1=The|title=Punjab Live: Modi Congratulates Amarinder, Wishes Him Happy B'Day|url=https://www.thequint.com/punjab-elections-2017/2017/03/10/punjab-election-results-counting-day-aap-congress-akali-bjp|website=The Quint|access-date=11 March 2017|date=10 March 2017}}</ref> known publicly as '''[[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] Amarinder Singh''', is an Indian politician, military historian, author, former royal and former veteran who served as the 15th [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=Amarinder Singh sworn in as Punjab CM|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/punjab-2017/amrinder-singh-sworn-in-as-punjab-cm/article17471142.ece|access-date=16 March 2017|agency=The Hindu|work=The Hindu|date=16 March 2017}}</ref> An elected [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[Patiala]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goswami|first1=Dev|title=Punjab election results 2017: Full list of winners|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/final-punjab-election-results-2017-full-list-of-constituences-winners/1/902502.html|website=indiatoday.intoday.in|publisher=Living Media India Limited|access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref> he was also the president of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]], the state division of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Congress in States – Punjab|url=http://inc.in/organization/13/133-Congress-in-States-Punjab|website=inc.in|publisher=All India Congress Committee.|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204738/http://inc.in/organization/13/133-Congress-in-States-Punjab|archive-date=16 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has also previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007.<ref name=who>{{cite news|title=Who is Capt Amarinder Singh? Everything you need to know|url=http://indianexpress.com/elections/punjab-assembly-elections-2017/who-is-capt-amarinder-singh-everything-you-need-to-know/|access-date=16 March 2017|agency=Express Web Desk|work=The Indian Express|date= 16 March 2017}}</ref> His father was the last [[Maharaja of Patiala|Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala]].<ref name=who/> He has also served in the [[Indian Army]] from 1963 to 1966.<ref>{{cite news|title=Captain Amarinder back in charge in Punjab for second time|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/mar/16/captain-amarinder-back-in-charge-in-punjab-for-second-time-1581983--1.html|access-date=16 March 2017|agency=PTI|publisher=The New Indian Express|date= 16 March 2017}}</ref> In 1980, he won a seat in the [[Lok Sabha]] for the first time.<ref name=who/> As of February 2021, Singh also serves as the chairman of the Punjab Urdu Academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punjaburduacademy.com/|title=Punjab Urdu Academy|website=www.punjaburduacademy.com|language=en|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> Captain Singh resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab on 18 September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Humiliated" Amarinder Singh Quits As Chief Minister, Says Options Open|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amarinder-singh-quits-as-chief-minister-under-pressure-from-congress-2545375|access-date=2021-09-19|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
'''[[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]]''' '''Amarinder Singh''' (born 11 March 1942),<ref>{{cite web|last1=Quint|first1=The|title=Punjab Live: Modi Congratulates Amarinder, Wishes Him Happy B'Day|url=https://www.thequint.com/punjab-elections-2017/2017/03/10/punjab-election-results-counting-day-aap-congress-akali-bjp|website=The Quint|access-date=11 March 2017|date=10 March 2017}}</ref> is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician, military historian, former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=Amarinder Singh sworn in as Punjab CM|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/punjab-2017/amrinder-singh-sworn-in-as-punjab-cm/article17471142.ece|access-date=16 March 2017|agency=The Hindu|work=The Hindu|date=16 March 2017}}</ref> A former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab]] and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goswami|first1=Dev|title=Punjab election results 2017: Full list of winners|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/final-punjab-election-results-2017-full-list-of-constituences-winners/1/902502.html|website=indiatoday.intoday.in|publisher=Living Media India Limited|access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref> he was also the president of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Congress in States – Punjab|url=http://inc.in/organization/13/133-Congress-in-States-Punjab|website=inc.in|publisher=All India Congress Committee.|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204738/http://inc.in/organization/13/133-Congress-in-States-Punjab|archive-date=16 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has also previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and 2017 to 2021.<ref name=who>{{cite news|title=Who is Capt Amarinder Singh? Everything you need to know|url=http://indianexpress.com/elections/punjab-assembly-elections-2017/who-is-capt-amarinder-singh-everything-you-need-to-know/|access-date=16 March 2017|agency=Express Web Desk|work=The Indian Express|date= 16 March 2017}}</ref> His father was the last [[Maharaja of Patiala|Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala]].<ref name=who/> He has also served in the [[Indian Army]] from 1963 to 1966.<ref>{{cite news|title=Captain Amarinder back in charge in Punjab for second time|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/mar/16/captain-amarinder-back-in-charge-in-punjab-for-second-time-1581983--1.html|access-date=16 March 2017|agency=PTI|publisher=The New Indian Express|date= 16 March 2017}}</ref> In 1980, he won a seat in the [[Lok Sabha]] for the first time.<ref name=who/> As of November 2022, Singh also serves as the chairman of the Punjab Urdu Academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punjaburduacademy.com/|title=Punjab Urdu Academy|website=www.punjaburduacademy.com|language=en|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> Captain Singh resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab on 18 September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Humiliated" Amarinder Singh Quits As Chief Minister, Says Options Open|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amarinder-singh-quits-as-chief-minister-under-pressure-from-congress-2545375|access-date=19 September 2021|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> On 19 September, 2022 he merged his party [[Punjab Lok Congress|PLC]] with BJP and joined BJP on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Sanjeev Verma|date=Sep 16, 2022 |title=Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh to merge his PLC with BJP on September 19 {{!}} Chandigarh News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/former-punjab-cm-captain-amarinder-singh-to-merge-his-plc-with-bjp-on-september-19/articleshow/94244844.cms |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==


Singh is the son of [[Maharaja]] Sir [[Yadavindra Singh]] and Maharani [[Mohinder Kaur]] of Patiala belonging to the [[Phulkian sardars|Phulkian]] dynasty.<ref name="Khushwant">{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Khushwant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q82MDgAAQBAJ|title=Captain Amarinder Singh: The People's Maharaja: An Authorized Biography|date=2017-02-15|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-85827-44-0|language=en}}</ref> He attended the [[Loreto Convent, Tara Hall, Shimla]] and [[Lawrence School, Sanawar]] before going to [[The Doon School]], [[Dehradun]].<ref name="Khushwant"/><ref>{{Cite news | title = Seven Doscos in 15th Lok Sabha | newspaper = [[The Indian Express]] | date = 31 May 2009 | url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/seven-doscos-in-15th-lok-sabha/468807|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603055538/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/seven-doscos-in-15th-lok-sabha/468807/|archive-date=3 June 2009|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> He has one son, [[Raninder Singh]], and one daughter, Jai Inder Kaur.<ref name="Khushwant"/> His wife, [[Preneet Kaur]], served as an [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] and was [[Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from 2009 to October 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=186 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref>
Singh was born on 11 March 1942 in [[Patiala|Patiala City]], [[Patiala State]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]] into a royal [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Jatt Sikh]] family of the [[Sidhu]] clan to parents [[Maharaja]] Sir [[Yadavindra Singh]] and [[Maharani]] [[Mohinder Kaur]] of Patiala. Amarinder Singh's family belongs to the [[Phulkian sardars|Phulkian]] dynasty.<ref name="Khushwant">{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Khushwant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q82MDgAAQBAJ|title=Captain Amarinder Singh: The People's Maharaja: An Authorized Biography|date=15 February 2017|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-85827-44-0|language=en}}</ref> He attended the [[Loreto Convent, Tara Hall, Shimla|Loreto Convent]] in [[Shimla]], and [[Lawrence School, Sanawar|Lawrence School]] in [[Kasauli]], [[Solan District]], before going to [[The Doon School]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref name="Khushwant"/><ref>{{Cite news | title = Seven Doscos in 15th Lok Sabha | newspaper = [[The Indian Express]] | date = 31 May 2009 | url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/seven-doscos-in-15th-lok-sabha/468807|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603055538/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/seven-doscos-in-15th-lok-sabha/468807/|archive-date=3 June 2009|access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> He has one son, [[Raninder Singh]], and one daughter, Jai Inder Kaur.<ref name="Khushwant"/> His wife, [[Preneet Kaur]], served as an [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] and was [[Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from 2009 to October 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=186 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref>


His elder sister Heminder Kaur is married to former [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Foreign Minister]] [[K. Natwar Singh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nibber |first1=Gurpreet Singh |title=Obituary {{!}} A sister, a guardian, the royal mother: Rajmata of Patiala is no more |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/obituary-a-sister-a-guardian-the-royal-mother-rajmata-of-patiala-is-no-more/story-lLHxssjXmtaWOyLyQkADSJ.html |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=24 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He is also related to [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)|Shiromani Akali Dal (A)]] supremo and former [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] Officer [[Simranjit Singh Mann]]. Mann's wife and Amarinder Singh's wife, Preneet Kaur, are sisters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sethi |first1=Chitleen K. |title=Pushed to the margins, Simranjit Mann carrying legacy of a lost cause |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/simranjit-mann-carrying-legacy-of-a-lost-cause/story-QfCcgylAe4dUDL8LWU4tWO.html |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
His elder sister Heminder Kaur is married to former [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Foreign Minister]] [[K. Natwar Singh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nibber |first1=Gurpreet Singh |title=Obituary {{!}} A sister, a guardian, the royal mother: Rajmata of Patiala is no more |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/obituary-a-sister-a-guardian-the-royal-mother-rajmata-of-patiala-is-no-more/story-lLHxssjXmtaWOyLyQkADSJ.html |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=24 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He is also related to [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)|Shiromani Akali Dal (A)]] supremo and former [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] Officer [[Simranjit Singh Mann]]. Mann's wife and Amarinder Singh's wife, Preneet Kaur, are sisters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sethi |first1=Chitleen K. |title=Pushed to the margins, Simranjit Mann carrying legacy of a lost cause |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/simranjit-mann-carrying-legacy-of-a-lost-cause/story-QfCcgylAe4dUDL8LWU4tWO.html |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
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==Army career==
==Army career==


Singh served in the [[Indian Army]] from June 1963 to December 1966 after graduating from the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] and the [[Indian Military Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/3171417|title=Profile – Amarinder Singh|website=Bloomberg}}</ref> He was commissioned into the [[Sikh Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Army's account of 1965 war padded, says Capt's new book|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/army-s-account-of-1965-war-padded-says-capt-s-new-book/story-vHDXxUPvtcMIolRmEoCgbI.html|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=13 March 2017|date=18 September 2015}}</ref> He served as the [[aide-de-camp]] to the [[General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]], [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Harbaksh Singh]], from December 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/but-for-gen-harbakhsh-punjab-would-ve-been-lost-in-1965-war-capt/story-ywTANLwiBwpd3fkDvXLAHM.html|title=But for Gen Harbakhsh, Punjab would've been lost in 1965 war: Capt|date=30 August 2015|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref> He left the army in early 1965 to look after his family but returned to service with the start of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 Indo-Pakistan War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amarinder-singh-welcomes-honour-to-major-leetul-gogoi-who-tied-kashmiri-protester-to-jeep-1696937|title=Amarinder Singh Welcomes Honour To Officer Who Tied Protester To Jeep|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref>  
Singh served in the [[Indian Army]] from June 1963 to December 1966 after graduating from the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] and the [[Indian Military Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/3171417|title=Profile – Amarinder Singh|website=Bloomberg}}</ref> He was commissioned into the [[Sikh Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Army's account of 1965 war padded, says Capt's new book|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/army-s-account-of-1965-war-padded-says-capt-s-new-book/story-vHDXxUPvtcMIolRmEoCgbI.html|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=13 March 2017|date=18 September 2015}}</ref> He served as the [[aide-de-camp]] to the [[General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] [[Western Command (India)|Western Command]], [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Harbaksh Singh]], from December 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/but-for-gen-harbakhsh-punjab-would-ve-been-lost-in-1965-war-capt/story-ywTANLwiBwpd3fkDvXLAHM.html|title=But for Gen Harbakhsh, Punjab would've been lost in 1965 war: Capt|date=30 August 2015|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102193112/https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/but-for-gen-harbakhsh-punjab-would-ve-been-lost-in-1965-war-capt/story-ywTANLwiBwpd3fkDvXLAHM.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He left the army in early 1965 to look after his family but returned to service with the start of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 Indo-Pakistan War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amarinder-singh-welcomes-honour-to-major-leetul-gogoi-who-tied-kashmiri-protester-to-jeep-1696937|title=Amarinder Singh Welcomes Honour To Officer Who Tied Protester To Jeep|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref>


His father and grandfather were also in army and many times he said that "Army will always be my first love".
His father and grandfather were also in army and many times he said that "Army will always be my first love".
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He was inducted into the Congress by [[Rajiv Gandhi]], who was his friend from school and was first elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1980. In 1984, he resigned from [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] and from Congress as a protest against the Army action during [[Operation Blue Star]]. Subsequently, he joined the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] was elected to the state legislature from [[Talwandi Sabo]] and became a minister in the state government for Agriculture, Forest, Development and Panchayats.
He was inducted into the Congress by [[Rajiv Gandhi]], who was his friend from school and was first elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1980. In 1984, he resigned from [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] and from Congress as a protest against the Army action during [[Operation Blue Star]]. Subsequently, he joined the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] was elected to the state legislature from [[Talwandi Sabo]] and became a minister in the state government for Agriculture, Forest, Development and Panchayats.


In 1992 he broke away from the [[Akali Dal]] and formed a splinter group named [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic)]] which later merged with the Congress in 1998 (after his party's crushing defeat in [[Vidhan Sabha]] election in which he himself was defeated from his own constituency where he got only 856 votes) after [[Sonia Gandhi]] took over the reins of the party. He was defeated by Prof [[Prem Singh Chandumajra]] from [[Patiala]] Constituency in 1998 by a margin of 33,251 votes. He served as the President of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]] on three occasions from 1999 to 2002, 2010 to 2013 and 2015 to 2017, he also became [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] in 2002 and continued until 2007.
In 1992 he broke away from the [[Akali Dal]] and formed a splinter group named [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic)]] which later merged with the Congress in 1998 (after his party's crushing defeat in [[Vidhan Sabha]] election in which he himself was defeated from his own constituency where he got only 856 votes) after [[Sonia Gandhi]] took over the reins of the party. He was defeated by Prof [[Prem Singh Chandumajra]] from [[Patiala]] Constituency in 1998 by a margin of 33,251 votes. He served as the President of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]] on three occasions from 1999 to 2002, 2010 to 2013 and 2015 to 2017.
 
He has been a member of the [[Punjab Vidhan Sabha]] for five terms representing [[Patiala]] (Urban) thrice, [[Samana, India|Samana]] and [[Talwandi Sabo]] once each.
 
===Chief Minister of Punjab, First term===
He became [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] in 2002 and continued until 2007.


In September 2008, a special committee of [[Punjab Vidhan Sabha]], during the tenure of a government led by [[Akali Dal]]-[[Bharatiya Janata Party]], expelled him on the count of regularities in the transfer of land related to the Amritsar Improvement Trust.<ref name="Dhananjay Mahapatra">{{Cite news | last = Dhananjay Mahapatra | first = Dhananjay | title = 'Amarinder's removal undemocratic' | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] | date = 27 April 2010 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-27/india/28137401_1_land-scam-punjab-assembly-amarinder-singh| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103093103/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-27/india/28137401_1_land-scam-punjab-assembly-amarinder-singh| url-status = dead| archive-date = 3 November 2012}}</ref> In 2010, the [[Supreme Court of India]] held his expulsion unconstitutional on the grounds that it was excessive and unconstitutional.<ref name="Dhananjay Mahapatra"/>
In September 2008, a special committee of [[Punjab Vidhan Sabha]], during the tenure of a government led by [[Akali Dal]]-[[Bharatiya Janata Party]], expelled him on the count of regularities in the transfer of land related to the Amritsar Improvement Trust.<ref name="Dhananjay Mahapatra">{{Cite news | last = Dhananjay Mahapatra | first = Dhananjay | title = 'Amarinder's removal undemocratic' | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] | date = 27 April 2010 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-27/india/28137401_1_land-scam-punjab-assembly-amarinder-singh| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103093103/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-27/india/28137401_1_land-scam-punjab-assembly-amarinder-singh| url-status = dead| archive-date = 3 November 2012}}</ref> In 2010, the [[Supreme Court of India]] held his expulsion unconstitutional on the grounds that it was excessive and unconstitutional.<ref name="Dhananjay Mahapatra"/>


He was appointed as chairman of Punjab Congress Campaign Committee in 2008. Captain Amarinder Singh is also a Permanent Invitee to the Congress Working Committee since 2013. He defeated senior [[BJP]] leader [[Arun Jaitley]] by a margin of more than 102,000 votes in 2014 general elections. He has been a member of the [[Punjab Vidhan Sabha]] for five terms representing [[Patiala]] (Urban) thrice, [[Samana, India|Samana]] and [[Talwandi Sabo]] once each.
He was appointed as chairman of Punjab Congress Campaign Committee in 2008. Captain Amarinder Singh is also a Permanent Invitee to the Congress Working Committee since 2013.


On 27 November 2015, Amarinder Singh was appointed President of Punjab Congress in the run up to Punjab elections slated for 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Amarinder appointed Captain of Punjab Congress |newspaper=[[Daily Post India]] |date=27 November 2015 |url=http://www.dailypost.in/editor-s-pick/53035-amarinder-appointed-captain-of-punjab-congress |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208222652/http://www.dailypost.in/editor-s-pick/53035-amarinder-appointed-captain-of-punjab-congress |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>
===Member of Parliament===
He defeated senior [[BJP]] leader [[Arun Jaitley]] by a margin of more than 102,000 votes in 2014 general elections.


===2017 Assembly elections===
On 27 November 2015, Amarinder Singh was appointed President of Punjab Congress in the run up to Punjab elections slated for 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Amarinder appointed Captain of Punjab Congress |newspaper=[[Daily Post India]] |date=27 November 2015 |url=http://www.dailypost.in/editor-s-pick/53035-amarinder-appointed-captain-of-punjab-congress |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208222652/http://www.dailypost.in/editor-s-pick/53035-amarinder-appointed-captain-of-punjab-congress |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>
On 11 March 2017 Congress Party won the State Assembly Elections under his leadership. Amarinder Singh was sworn in as the 26th [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] on 16 March 2017 at [[Raj Bhavan (Punjab)|Punjab Raj Bhavan]], [[Chandigarh]]. The [[oath of office]] was administered by the [[List of governors of Punjab (India)|Punjab governor]], [[Vijayendrapal Singh|V.P. Singh Badnore]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/punjab-elections-2017/2017/03/16/punjab-congress-amarinder-singh-swearing-in-deputy-cm-navjot-singh-sidhu|title=Captain Amarinder Sworn in as Punjab CM, Nine Ministers Inducted|first=Abhilash|last=Mallick|date=17 March 2017|work=The Quint|access-date=16 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> He was appointed president of the [[Jat Mahasabha]] in 2013.<ref name="Jat mahasabha">{{cite news |title=Capt Amarinder Singh is Jat mahasabha chief |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/capt-amarinder-singh-is-jat-mahasabha-chief/story-Azv4nUf0d1iu8wzoGSDNAN.html |access-date=9 July 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] (PTI) |date=13 May 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180709223125/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/capt-amarinder-singh-is-jat-mahasabha-chief/story-Azv4nUf0d1iu8wzoGSDNAN.html |archive-date=9 July 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
 
===Chief Minister of Punjab, second term===
{{Main|Second Amarinder Singh ministry}}
On 11 March 2017 Congress Party won the [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]] under his leadership. Amarinder Singh was sworn in as the 26th [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] on 16 March 2017 at [[Raj Bhavan (Punjab)|Punjab Raj Bhavan]], [[Chandigarh]]. The [[oath of office]] was administered by the [[List of governors of Punjab (India)|Punjab governor]], [[Vijayendrapal Singh|V.P. Singh Badnore]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/punjab-elections-2017/2017/03/16/punjab-congress-amarinder-singh-swearing-in-deputy-cm-navjot-singh-sidhu|title=Captain Amarinder Sworn in as Punjab CM, Nine Ministers Inducted|first=Abhilash|last=Mallick|date=17 March 2017|work=The Quint|access-date=16 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> He was appointed president of the [[Jat Mahasabha]] in 2013.<ref name="Jat mahasabha">{{cite news |title=Capt Amarinder Singh is Jat mahasabha chief |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/capt-amarinder-singh-is-jat-mahasabha-chief/story-Azv4nUf0d1iu8wzoGSDNAN.html |access-date=9 July 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] (PTI) |date=13 May 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180709223125/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/capt-amarinder-singh-is-jat-mahasabha-chief/story-Azv4nUf0d1iu8wzoGSDNAN.html |archive-date=9 July 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
 
During his tenure as chief minister, he came into conflict with a faction of the Congress headed by [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], and was criticized for being inaccessible to Congress MLAs, living in a farmhouse on the outskirts of Chandigarh instead of coming to the civil secretariat building. He also received criticism for not resolving the [[2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy|Bargari sacrilege case]] and for a perception that he had been insufficiently zealous in prosecuting previous CM [[Parkash Singh Badal]] for involvement in the case.<ref>{{cite news |title=Explained: Five reasons why Captain Amarinder Singh had to step down as Punjab CM |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/punjab-congress-crisis-captain-amarinder-singh-resignation-reasons-explained-7517526/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=18 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
On 18 September 2021, he resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab, as a consequence of conversations with the Congress high command that suggested the Punjab Congress MLAs were lacking confidence in his leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 September 2021|title='I felt humiliated': Amarinder Singh resigns as Punjab chief minister|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amarinder-singh-resigns-as-punjab-chief-minister-amid-tussle-with-navjot-sidhu-101631962905244.html|access-date=18 September 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Singh publicly blamed Sidhu for the internal tension that led to the resignation, calling him "dangerous", "incompetent", and a "total disaster" and that he would fight any attempt to name Sidhu as the next CM of Punjab.<ref>{{cite news |last1=ANI |title=Navjot Singh Sidhu a total disaster, says Amarinder Singh after ouster |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/navjot-singh-sidhu-a-total-disaster-says-amarinder-singh-after-ouster-101631989896594.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=19 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Singh was eventually succeeded by [[Charanjit Singh Channi]] as the new chief minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Charanjit Singh Channi: Who is Charanjit Singh Channi, the new Punjab chief minister |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/who-is-charanjit-singh-channi-new-punjab-chief-minister/articleshow/86342151.cms |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=19 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
Singh left the Congress Party, and on 28 October 2021, announced that he would be floating a new party soon and that he would be allying with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Captain hints at seat-sharing pact with BJP, backs Centre on BSF order |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/captain-amarinder-singh-punjab-political-party-7592990/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=28 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


On 18 September 2021, he resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-18|title='I felt humiliated': Amarinder Singh resigns as Punjab chief minister|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amarinder-singh-resigns-as-punjab-chief-minister-amid-tussle-with-navjot-sidhu-101631962905244.html|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> On 28 October 2021, he announced that he will be floating a new party soon and that he will be allying with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/captain-amarinder-singh-punjab-political-party-7592990/|title = Captain hints at seat-sharing pact with BJP, backs Centre on BSF order|date = 28 October 2021}}</ref>
===Punjab Lok Congress===
===Punjab Lok Congress===
Punjab Lok Congress (PLC; English: ''Punjab People's Congress'') is an Indian regional political party, in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] founded by  Amarinder Singh] on 2 November 2021 after he resigned as [[List_of_chief_ministers_of_Punjab_(India)#Punjab_(Since_1966)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] and quit the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Foundation">{{cite news |title=Amarinder Singh resigns from Congress; announces new party Punjab Lok Congress |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/amarinder-singh-resigns-from-congress/article37304162.ece |access-date=3 November 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 November 2021}}</ref> The party was formed following a split in Indian National Congress in Punjab. Singh has announced that his party will contest on all 117 seats in [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=2021-10-28|title=Amarinder announces his party will contest all 117 Punjab assembly seats|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/amarinder-singh-announces-his-party-will-contest-all-117-punjab-assembly-seats-121102701961_1.html|access-date=2021-11-03}}</ref>
Punjab Lok Congress (PLC; English: ''Punjab People's Congress'') is an Indian regional political party, in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] founded by  Singh on 2 November 2021 after he resigned as [[List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)#Punjab (Since 1966)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] and quit the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Foundation">{{cite news |title=Amarinder Singh resigns from Congress; announces new party Punjab Lok Congress |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/amarinder-singh-resigns-from-congress/article37304162.ece |access-date=3 November 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 November 2021}}</ref> The party was formed following a split in Indian National Congress in Punjab. Singh has announced that his party will contest on all 117 seats in [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=28 October 2021|title=Amarinder announces his party will contest all 117 Punjab assembly seats|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/amarinder-singh-announces-his-party-will-contest-all-117-punjab-assembly-seats-121102701961_1.html|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> The party failed to win any seat in the elections.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Vasudeva |first=Vikas |date=2022-09-16 |title=Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to join BJP on September 19 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-punjab-cm-amarinder-singh-to-join-bjp-on-september-19/article65898428.ece |access-date=2022-09-18 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
 
===2022 Punjab Assembly election===
In [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], Singh lost from the [[Patiala Assembly constituency|Patiala assembly constituency]] to [[Aam Aadmi Party]]'s [[Ajit Pal Singh Kohli]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab election results 2022: Captain Amarinder Singh accepts defeat, congratulates AAP on victory |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/punjab-election-results-2022-captain-amrinder-singh-loses-in-patiala/articleshow/90121478.cms |access-date=10 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=10 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The party failed to win any seat in the elections.
 
=== Bharatiya Janata Party ===
A few months after his election failure Singh along with his party merged into the Bharatiya Janata Party on 19 September 2022 after meeting with HM [[Amit Shah]] a few days before.<ref name=":0" />


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