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 '''Partap Singh Kairon''' (1 October 1901 – 6 February 1965)<ref>"Kairon, Partap Singh", in ''Indian Dictionary of National Biography''. Institute of Historical Studies (1990) p. 212</ref>
-was the Chief Minister of the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] province (then comprising Punjab, [[Haryana]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]]), and is widely acknowledged as the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province (or Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as of today). Moreover, he was an [[Indian independence movement]] leader. He was jailed twice by the [[British Empire]], once for five years for organizing protests against British rule. His political influence and views are still considered to dominate politics in Punjab.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/builder-of-punjab-the-lost-legacy-of-sardar-partap-singh-kairon/story-LgBkUb0ttLrpMYISj2o9zH.html Builder of Punjab - THE LOST LEGACY OF SARDAR PARTAP SINGH KAIRON]</ref>
+was the Chief Minister of the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] province (then comprising Punjab, [[Haryana]] and part of [[Himachal Pradesh]]), and is widely acknowledged as the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province (or Punjab, Haryana and Himachal as of today). Moreover, he was an [[Indian independence movement]] leader. He was jailed twice by the [[British Empire]], once for five years for organizing protests against British rule. His political influence and views are still considered to dominate politics in Punjab.<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/builder-of-punjab-the-lost-legacy-of-sardar-partap-singh-kairon/story-LgBkUb0ttLrpMYISj2o9zH.html Builder of Punjab - THE LOST LEGACY OF SARDAR PARTAP SINGH KAIRON]</ref>
 == Early life ==
-Partap Singh Kairon was born on 1 October 1901, into a [[Jat Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite book|last=Arora|first=Subhash Chander|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwG-yOpSEy8C&pg=PA54|title=Turmoil in Punjab Politics|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1990|isbn=9788170992516|page=54}}</ref> His last name was taken from the village of [[Kairon]] in the [[Amritsar District|Amritsar]] district, of Tehsil Tarn Taran in province of [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] during the [[British Raj]] era.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-21|title=55 years after former Punjab CM Partap Singh Kairon’s assassination, son opens political conspiracy chapter|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/55-years-after-former-punjab-cm-partap-singh-kairon-s-assassination-son-opens-political-conspiracy-chapter/story-a4Mb8uwjPXB4ibNHb6vtYL.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> His grandfather was Sardar Gulab Singh Dhillon. His father, Nihal Singh Kairon (1863-1927), was a pioneer in initiating women's education in the province. Partap studied at Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehra Dun and [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]] and then went to the United States for further studies. During his time in USA, he supported himself by working on farms and in factories. He received his Master's degree in political science from the [[University of Michigan]]. He also received his Master's degree in Economics from [[University of California at Berkeley]] before going to Michigan. He was impressed by farming methods practised in the U.S.A and hoped to replicate the same in [[India]] later.
+Partap Singh Kairon was born on 1 October 1901, into a [[Jat Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite book|last=Arora|first=Subhash Chander|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwG-yOpSEy8C&pg=PA54|title=Turmoil in Punjab Politics|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1990|isbn=9788170992516|page=54}}</ref> His last name was taken from the village of [[Kairon]] in the [[Amritsar District|Amritsar]] district, of Tehsil Tarn Taran in province of [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] during the [[British Raj]] era.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-21|title=55 years after former Punjab CM Partap Singh Kairon's assassination, son opens political conspiracy chapter|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/55-years-after-former-punjab-cm-partap-singh-kairon-s-assassination-son-opens-political-conspiracy-chapter/story-a4Mb8uwjPXB4ibNHb6vtYL.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> His grandfather was Sardar Gulab Singh Dhillon. His father, Nihal Singh Kairon (1863-1927), was a pioneer in initiating women's education in the province. Partap studied at Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehra Dun and [[Khalsa College, Amritsar]] and then went to the United States for further studies. During his time in USA, he supported himself by working on farms and in factories. He received his Master's degree in political science from the [[University of Michigan]]. He also received his Master's degree in Economics from [[University of California at Berkeley]] before going to Michigan. He was impressed by farming methods practised in the U.S.A and hoped to replicate the same in [[India]] later.
 ==Family==
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 As Minister for Rehabilitation in the days immediately after [[Partition of India]], Kairon handled the task of resettlement of millions of refugees who had migrated from [[West Punjab]] (Pakistan). Over three million migrated people were resettled in East Punjab (India) by allotment of dwellings, employments and land distribution, in a very short period of time.
-[[File:Chief minister of Punjab Partap Singh Kairon, Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and leader of freedom struggle Govind Ballabh Pant and Gurmukh Singh Musafir, at Amritsar Airport.jpg|thumb|Partap Singh Kairon with other Political leaders at Amritsar Airport on 6 February 1956]]
+[[File:Chief minister of Punjab Partap Singh Kairon, Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and leader of freedom struggle Govind Ballabh Pant and Gurmukh Singh Musafir, at Amritsar Airport.jpg|thumb|Partap Singh Kairon with [[Gurmukh Singh Musafir]] (extreme left) and other Political leaders at Amritsar Airport on 6 February 1956]]
 [[File:Partap Singh Kairon and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.jpg|thumb|220px|Partap Singh Kairon (left) with the [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (right) on 30 December 1958]]