Shamsher Singh Dullo, is an Indian politician and former Rajya Sabha M.P.

Early life

Shamsher Singh Dullo was born in

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Sikh family to Inder Singh Dullo and Satnam Kaur at Khanna, Punjab. He did B.A and LL.B from A.S. College, Khanna and Law College, Panjab University (Chandigarh) and practiced law from the

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. His son Bandeep Singh Dullo and wife Harbans Kaur are member of

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. She was also an MLA from Khanna.

Politics

He became Member of Legislative Assembly twice in 1980 and 1992 from Khanna and served as Minister of state for Excise and Taxation. He was elected in

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elections from Ropar Constituency. He is former president of

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and Metropolitan Council of Khanna. Also served as director in Bank of India and was member of senate in

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, Amritsar. In 2016, he was nominated as

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candidate from

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in the biennial elections.

References

Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India 1947 births Living people Rajya Sabha members from Punjab, India India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India People from Rupnagar district Presidents of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee {{PunjabIN-INC-politician-stub