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| | name = Partap Singh Bajwa
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| | image =Pratap Singh Bajwa.jpg
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| | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|1|29}}
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| | birth_place =[[Qadian]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]
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| | residence =[[Qadian]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]
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| | office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
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| | constituency = [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
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| | term = 9 April 2016
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| | predecessor = [[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]]
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| | successor =
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| | office1 = Member of Legislative Assembly<br />for [[Kahnuwan (Punjab Assembly constituency)|Kahnuwan]]
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| | office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
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| | term_start1 = 1992
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| | term_end1 =1997
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| | term_start2 = 2002
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| | term_end2 =2009
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| | office4 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of the [[India Parliament]] <br /> for [[Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gurdaspur]]
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| | term_start4 = 2009
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| | term_end4 =2014
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| | successor4 = [[Vinod Khanna]]
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| | predecessor4 = [[Vinod Khanna]]
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| | office5 = [[Punjab PCC|President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]]
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| | term5 = 2013 - 2015
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| | successor5 = [[Captain Amarinder Singh]]
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| | predecessor5 = [[Captain Amarinder Singh]]
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| | party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| | spouse = [[Charanjit Kaur Bajwa]]
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| | children = Vikram Partap Bajwa, Arjun Pratap Singh Bajwa (2 Son)
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| | source = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4427
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| '''Partap Singh Bajwa''' is an Indian politician having served as a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] representing [[Gurdaspur]] in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] from 2009 to 2014.<ref name=ET/> He was earlier a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] for [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]].<ref name=ET>{{cite web| last = | first = | author-link = | title = Navjot Sidhu wins, Vinod Khanna loses in Punjab| work = | publisher = [[The Economic Times]]| date = 16 May 2009| url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Navjot-Sidhu-wins-Vinod-Khanna-loses-in-Punjab/articleshow/4540576.cms| format = | doi = | accessdate = 28 May 2009}}</ref>
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| He is the son of [[Satnam Singh Bajwa]] who was a three-time Member of Legislative Assembly Punjab and Minister in the government of Punjab. He completed his schooling at [[Punjab Public School]], [[Nabha]]. He started his career in politics as a student leader in 1976 became President of Youth Congress in 1982 and rose to the President of State Congress. He has served as a minister under chief ministers [[Beant Singh (politician)|Beant Singh]], [[Rajinder Kaur Bhathal]], and [[Amarinder Singh]].
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| Partap Singh Bajwa is Rajya Sabha member since 10 April 2016.
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| ==Political career==
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| He started his career in politics as a student leader in 1976 from [[DAV College, Chandigarh]], became President of District Youth Congress [[Gurdaspur]] then Vice President of Youth Congress in 1980, President of Youth Congress in 1982, and rose to the President of State Congress. He was elected to [[Punjab Vidhan Sabha]] from Kahnuwan Constituency in 1992, 2002, and 2007. He worked in various different departments under the government of Punjab.
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| He was Minister of State Information and Public Relations government of Punjab from 1994 to 1995, Cabinet Minister P.W.D B&R, I&PR, Government of Punjab from 1995 to 1996, Cabinet Minister Judiciary, Jails, etc. Government of Punjab from 1996 to 1997, Cabinet Minister P.W.D B&R, School Education, Govt of Punjab from 2002 to 2007. He defeated the actor and four-time sitting MP [[Vinod Khanna]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in general elections and became Member of Parliament in 2009 from Gurdaspur Constituency. His wife is currently the sitting Member of Legislative Assembly Punjab from the Qadian Constituency. He was made the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee in March 2013
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| Apart from his political career, Partap Singh Bajwa is a social worker. He provides the NGO Adhaar Foundation with mobile medical vans and helps people with free medical aids, medical health check-up camps in the Gurdaspur constituency. He also has a keen interest in games and sports and serves as the President of the Judo Federation of Punjab in 2002, 2008, and again in 2015. He was elected as President of the [[Judo Federation of India]] in the year 2018.
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| {{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament<br>for [[Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gurdaspur]] |years=2009 – 2014}}
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| ==External links==
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| * http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/16362/38/
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| *[https://www.facebook.com/PartapSBajwa official Facebook handle]
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| *[https://www.instagram.com/Partapsinghbajwa official Instagram handle]
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| [[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]
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| [[Category:Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India]]
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| [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
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| [[Category:People from Gurdaspur district]]
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| [[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Punjab, India]]
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