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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | |||
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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name = Sewa Singh Sekhwan | | name = Sewa Singh Sekhwan | ||
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| birth_date ={{Birth date | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=no|1950|4|10}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], | | birth_place = [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], India | ||
| residence = Sekhwan, Punjab, India | | residence = Sekhwan, Punjab, India | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=no|2021|10|6|1950|4|10}} | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = [[Mohali]], Punjab, India | ||
| office = [[Education minister]] | | office = [[Education minister]] | ||
| constituency = | | constituency = Kahnuwan | ||
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| | | spouse = {{marriage|Amarjit Kaur|1977}} | ||
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'''Sewa Singh Sekhwan'''([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]:ਸੇਵਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੇਖਵਾਂ) | '''Sewa Singh Sekhwan''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]:ਸੇਵਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੇਖਵਾਂ) (10 April 1950 – 6 October 2021) was an Indian Politician and a member of Aam Aadami Party. He was one of the founding members of [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali)]]. He was the [[Education minister]] of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] under the ten-year government of [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]. He was sworn in as a [[cabinet minister]] for the second time on 26 October 2009. Sekhwan's father [[Ujagar Singh Sekhwan]] was MLA from Kahnuwan in 1977 and 1980. He was founder of a group supporting Indian minorities and [[Dalit]]s front. He remained the president of Akali Dal during the [[Emergency in India]]. | ||
Sekhwan worked as a teacher for 14 years before entering politics after his father's death in 1990. Punjab chief minister [[Parkash Singh Badal]], then SAD president encouraged him to follow his father and supported him to run for Kahnuwan assembly in [[Gurdaspur District]]. He was elected MLA in 1997 from Kahnuwan. He was made [[Revenue]], [[Disaster response|Rehabilitation]] and [[Public Relations]], [[Minister (government)|Minister]] in the Badal government. | Sekhwan worked as a teacher for 14 years before entering politics after his father's death in 1990. Punjab chief minister [[Parkash Singh Badal]], then SAD president encouraged him to follow his father and supported him to run for Kahnuwan assembly in [[Gurdaspur District]]. He was elected MLA in 1997 from Kahnuwan. He was made [[Revenue]], [[Disaster response|Rehabilitation]] and [[Public Relations]], [[Minister (government)|Minister]] in the Badal government. | ||
Sekhwan | Sekhwan was a member of [[SGPC]], the supreme [[Sikh]] body. Sekhwan also remained Technical Education Minister. | ||
He had quit [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] and formed the [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali)]] party with other politicians who quit [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] | He had quit [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] and formed the [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali)]] party with other politicians who quit [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] such as [[Ranjit Singh Brahmpura]], [[Rattan Singh Ajnala]], [[Parminder Singh Dhindsa]], [[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]] and Harsukhinder Singh Bubby Badal. Sekhwan joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] in August 2021. | ||
Sekhwan died on 6 October 2021 at the age of 71 due to liver infection.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Former Punjab minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan passes away|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/former-punjab-minister-sewa-singh-sekhwan-passes-away-321037|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-07|website=|publisher=The Tribune|language=en|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006153807/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/former-punjab-minister-sewa-singh-sekhwan-passes-away-321037}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=6 October 2021|title=Former Punjab minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan dies|work=[[Press Trust of India]]|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/12794075_Former-Punjab-minister-Sewa-Singh-Sekhwan-dies.html|access-date=7 October 2021|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006193448/http://ptinews.com/news/12794075_Former-Punjab-minister-Sewa-Singh-Sekhwan-dies.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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[[Category:1950 births]] | |||
[[Category:2021 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012]] | [[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2007–2012]] | ||
[[Category:Education Ministers of India]] | [[Category:Education Ministers of India]] | ||
[[Category:Education Ministers of Punjab, India]] | [[Category:Education Ministers of Punjab, India]] | ||
[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) politicians]] | [[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) politicians]] | ||
[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]] | [[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal politicians]] | ||
[[Category:People from Gurdaspur]] | |||
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