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. "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.
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