Gurmukh Nihal Singh: Difference between revisions

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'''Gurmukh Nihal Singh''' (born 14 March 1895 -22 December 1969)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Assembly |first1=Punjab (India) Legislature Legislative |title=Debates: Official report |pages=33 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Debates/DqFaAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=gurmukh+nihal+singh+OBITUARY&dq=gurmukh+nihal+singh+OBITUARY&printsec=frontcover |access-date=10 April 2021 |language=pa}}</ref> was the first [[Governor of Rajasthan]]<ref>{{cite web|title=ਰਾਜਸਥਾਨ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਰਾਜਪਾਲ ਸ: ਗੁਰਮੁਖ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ|url=http://www.punjabguardian.com/content/%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE-%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80-%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%82-%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95-%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B6%E0%A8%A8-%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%8A%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%9F-%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%82-%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8|access-date=2 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150203044530/http://www.punjabguardian.com/content/%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE-%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80-%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%82-%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95-%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B6%E0%A8%A8-%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%8A%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%9F-%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%82-%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8#|archive-date=3 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and second [[Chief Minister of Delhi]] from 1955 to 1956 and was a [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] leader.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gurmukh Nihal Singh was the second Chief Minister of Delhi, and also served as the first Governor of the state of Rajasthan.|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/perspective/why-punjabis-are-central-to-delhi-election/36387.html}}</ref> He was the successor of [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]] and assumed office in 1955 just for one year, as after that [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]] was passed which made Delhi a [[Union Territory]]. Thus, no one was appointed the next CM of Delhi until legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in [[1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1993]], when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the [[Constitution of India|Indian constitution]].<ref name=" Sixty-ninth amendment ">{{cite news|title=Sixty-ninth amendment|publisher=[[Delhi Assembly]] official website|accessdate=Feb 2, 2015|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821020032/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm#|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>