Partap Singh Kairon

Partap Singh Kairon (1901–1965) was the Chief Minister of the 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 Punjabi politics.

Early life

Partap Singh Kairon was born in 1901, into a Sikh family. His last name was taken from the village of Kairon in the Amritsar district, province of Punjab during the British Raj era. His father, Nihal Singh Kairon, 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 U.S., where he supported himself with work on farms and factories. He did his Masters in political science from the University of Michigan.He also did his Masters in Economics from University of California at Berkeley before going to Michigan. He was influenced by farming methods practised in the U.S.A and hoped to replicate the same in India later.

Kairon

Kairon, is a small Indian village in the district of Amritsar, located in the north-west of Punjab. The village is home to a majority of Dhillon Jats who take up the name of the village as their royal last name.

The village Kairon has population of 13000 and draws its fame for being the home village of the Kairon political family. The Kairon family is one of the longest sustaining and leading political families of India. The family has produced political leaders such as Nihal Singh Kairon, Pratap Singh Kairon, Jaswant Singh Kairon, Surinder Singh Kairon, Gurinder Singh Kairon and Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon.

Currently, Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon who is married to the daughter of Parkash Singh Badal is the head of the family. He has been thrice a minister under the chief ministership of his father in law Parkash Singh Badal.

Notable people

Notable members

Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon (born 1959) is a politician from Punjab. He is the great-grandson of Nihal Singh Kairon, grandson of Partap Singh Kairon, son of Surinder Singh Kairon, son-in-law of Parkash Singh Badal and nephew of Harcharan Singh Brar and the current head of the Kairon family.

Pratap Singh

Pratap Singh may refer to:

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