Sarup Singh (6 October 1919 – 23 August 2009) was an Indian legislator. He was born in the village of
Khanda Kheri
Khanda Kheri is a village in Hansi Tehsil, Hisar District in the Indian state of Haryana.
Education
The Govt Girls School was established in 1901.[Ramjas College
Ramjas College is one of the oldest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi, located in its North Campus in New Delhi, India. It was founded by the great educationist and philanthropist Rai Kedar Nath with the aim of providing affordab ...]
and obtained his bachelor's degree in Law from the
University of Law College, Lahore.
Political career
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly and was also elected Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha in Joint Punjab. After the formation of
Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
as a separate State of India, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly and served as Minister of Excise and Taxation and also as Minister of Development and Cooperation in Haryana. He was again elected to the Legislative Assembly and also elected as Speaker of
Haryana Vidhan Sabha
The Haryana Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Haryana. The seating of the assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. There are seats in the house fil ...
.
Personal life
He was married to Smt Kamla Devi of the village daulat pur in Hisar district.
He is survived by his wife kamla devi, his daughter Neelam Dahiya married to Jai Paul Singh Dahiya IAS (retd);
[No.14015/34/2010-AIS(I)-B Government of India] his sons Kulbir Singh Sindhu , Director Principal(HPTI) married to Vandana Beniwal from Beniwals family of Sirsa District and Sukhbir Singh Sindhu , Advocate married to Shashi from Maliks family of Panipat District and grandchildren Dr Venu Pal Singh Dahiya , Dr. Riju Pal Singh Dahiya , Nandini Sindhu , Suvir Sindhu , Tanya Sindhu ,Sanjeet Sindhu and great grand children.
He died on 23 August 2009.
References
People from Hisar district
1919 births
2009 deaths
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