Gobind Singh Longowal was born on 18 September 1959 in a Jat Sikh family in Longowal, District Sangrur, Punjab India. He was elected as President of

SGPC The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC; Supreme Gurdwara Management Committee) is an organization in India responsible for the management of ''gurdwaras'', Sikh places of worship, in the states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and t ...

on November 29. He worked as assistant with

Harchand Singh Longowal Harchand Singh Longowal (2 January 1932 – 20 August 1985) was the President of the Akali Dal political party during the Punjab insurgency of the 1980s. He had signed the Punjab accord, also known as the Rajiv-Longowal Accord with Rajiv Gandhi ...

from the age of seven years. In the year 1985 he was elected as MLA from halka Dhanaula. In 1986 he became Chairman of Markfed. In the year 1997 he was again elected as MLA from halka Dhanaula and became minister in the

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

government. He was again elected as MLA from Dhanaula in the year 2002. He was also appointed Chairman District Planning Board,

Sangrur Sangrur is a city in the Indian state of Punjab, India. It is the headquarters of Sangrur District. Geography Sangrur is located at . It has an average elevation of 237 metres (778 feet). Climate Health services City has PGIM ...

, In the year 2015 elected as MLA from Dhuri in by election and now serving the people of Lehragaga halka.

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of Education SGPC Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak CommitteeInterview with Gobind Singh LongowalSGPC OFFERS HOSPITAL by Gobind Singh Punjab Punjab Legislative Assembly
{{DEFAULTSORT:Longowal, Gobind Singh 1959 births Living people Shiromani Akali Dal politicians Punjab, India MLAs 1985–1990 Punjab, India MLAs 1997–2002 Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007