![]() “Above all, he contained communal forces, opposing both the Punjabi suba and the language movement,” says M Rajiv Lochan of the history department, Panjab University. He consolidated landholdings in undivided Punjab by pooling fragments of land into economically viable chunks - the only Indian state to do so - thus preparing farms for mechanisation. He rehabilitated refugees through training and direction. He boosted higher education with Punjab Agricultural University, Kurukshetra University and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. He invited industrialists such as the Oswals and Jaijees to invest in the state. Kairon set up Punjab for prosperity by preparing the ground for the Green Revolution and industry. He’s the benchmark for other CMs in India,” Gill says. “All Punjab chief ministers after him are living off his legacy. MS Gill, a former chief election commissioner of India who worked under Kairon, however, insists that his legacy lives on. To him goes the credit of rehabilitating three million refugees of Partition in less than 10 years and laying the foundation of a robust Punjab with the modern city of Chandigarh as its capital.įifty-one years on, his family name is almost forgotten but for grandson Adaish Partap Kairon, better known as chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s son-in-law. This is a common refrain about Sardar Partap Singh Kairon, the iconic chief minister of undivided Punjab, who opposed its division tooth and nail until his assassination in 1965. congress supporters alleged that the police tried to do away with the dead body of khan to hush up the matter.the police, however, maintains that the situation ''continues to be tense but under control.'' and sdm amarbir singh sidhu has demanded more forces for the security of the area.He was a statesman, not a politician. following the incident peter, chakwalia and other congress supporters ''gheraoed'' the police station and raised slogans agains the government and blamed policemen for allegedly helping one of the accused to abscond.according to reports, after much dilly-dallying the police registered a case under sections 302, 307, 25,54,59 of the ipc. however, the sad claimed that it was peter who fired the shots. khan succumbed to his injuries on way to sur singh hospital. gur partap allegedly shot at peter with his rifle which instead hit a rehriwala, sher ali khan, and injured darshan kaur, a passer-by. his supporters strongly protested against what they called this ''act of vandalism.'' reportedly, gur partap got agitated after peter came to cool down the warring factions. according to reports the scuffle between the sad and congress workers broke out after gur partap and his accomplices started removing the posters, banners and buntings of congress candidate tarlok singh chakwalia. a witness alleged that ghulla ran towards the police station from where he was helped to abscond. gur partap kairon was accompanied by ghulla of frandipur village and his relative, a man called sunny. the 25-year-old sher ali khan, a small-time rehriwala, died on way to the hospital while injured darshan kaur was admitted to the hospital after gurpartap fired with his rifle allegedly aiming at sarpanch of bhikhiwind, tej partap singh peter. kairon is sad(b) candidate from patti constituency. Bhikhiwind: one person was shot dead while another woman sustained injuries following a shootout incident at bhikhiwind, allegedly by gur partap singh kairon, brother of excise and taxation minister adesh partap singh kairon, who is also son-in-law of chief minster parkash singh badal. ![]()
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