Nirlep Kaur

Nirlep Kaur (1927–1987) was a politician from Punjab, India. She represented Sangrur in the 4th Lok Sabha.

Early life

Born on 11 August 1927 at Patiala in a royal family, Nirlep Kaur was the daughter of Sardar Gian Singh Rarewala, who later on became the first chief minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union.[1][2] She did her schooling from the Convent Of Sacred Heart Lahore.[1]

Career

Kaur contested the 1967 Indian general election for the 4th Lok Sabha on the ticket of Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh. She defeated the INC candidate by a margin of 98,212 votes.[3] She and Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala were the first two women from reorganised Punjab to enter the Indian parliament.[4] She had previously been a secretary for Swatantra Party and the president of Mata Sahib Kaur Vidyalaya in Patiala.[1]

Kaur was the first woman who stood in the election for the president of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, though she lost.[5] In the 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, she contested from Payal but lost to Beant Singh of INC by a difference of 2,936 votes.[6]

Personal life

On 14 March 1942, she married Sardar Rajdev Singh, from whom she has three children.[1] Her house had the first swimming pool in the city of Chandigarh.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Members Bioprofile: Sardarni, Nirlep Kaur". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ Bains, Tara Singh; Johnston, Hugh J. M. (1995). The Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-journey of an Emigrant Sikh. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7735-1265-8.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 327. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. ^ Sharma, Amaninder Pal (14 March 2014). "Patiala royals reign supreme in politics too". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  5. ^ Singh, Mohinder (2001). Punjab 2000: Political and Socio-economic Developments. Anamika Publishers & Distributors. p. 180. ISBN 978-81-86565-90-2.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 74. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Pool proof". The Tribune. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2017.