Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sewa Singh Sekhwan

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1950

Place of Birth: Gurdaspur, Punjab, India

Profession: politician

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Sewa Singh Sekhwan

  • Sewa Singh Sekhwan(Punjabi:???? ???? ??????) is the founding member of Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) was Education minister of Punjab He was sworn in as a cabinet minister for the second time on 26 October 2009.
  • Sekhwan's father Ujagar Singh Sekhwan was MLA from Kahnuwan in 1977 and 1980.
  • He was founder of a group supporting Indian minorities and Dalits front.
  • He remained the president of Akali Dal during the Emergency in India. Sewa Singh Sekhwan worked as a teacher for 14 years before entering politics after his father's death in 1990.
  • Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, then SAD president encouraged him to follow his father and supported him to run for Kahnuwan assembly in Gurdaspur District.
  • He was elected MLA in 1997 from Kahnuwan.
  • He was made Revenue, Rehabilitation and Public Relations, Minister in the Badal government. Sekhwan is a member of SGPC, the supreme Sikh body.
  • His wife Amarjit Kaur is on the executive body of SGPC. He quit [[Shiromani Akali Dal] formed their own Shiromani Akali Dal Taksali

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