![]() One of his sons, Partap Singh Kairon, took active part in India’s struggle for freedom, and won renown as a political leader. Nihal Singh also instituted at the school an annual women’s conference which became an active agent of social reform.īhai Nihal Singh died on 20 November 1928. Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, ruler of the princely state of Patiala, performed, on 14 March 1916, the opening ceremony of the hostel which celebrating the name of a member of the Patiala family was called Mata Sahib Kaur Bhujhangan Ashram. Accompanied by Baba Dial Singh and a group of students from his school, Nihal Singh visited Malaya, Hong Kong and Shanghai to raise funds for the school and the hostel attached to it. The girls school was a novelty in the area and the founder, Nihal Singh, encountered considerable opposition, but he persisted with his plans and in May 1913 laid the cornerstone of a boarding house for girls as well. He was thirty-one when his father was assassinated. A concrete outcome of this conclave was a girls’ school established at Kairon. Gurinder Kairon is the younger son of Sardar Partap Singh Kairon. Read more Print length 304 pages Language English Publisher Rupa Publications Publication date DecemDimensions 5.98 x 0.76 x 9. His tragic assassination remains a mystery even today. The first meeting of the Diwan, held on 17-19 February 1905 at Tarn Taran, was largely attended by people from all parts of the Punjab. Kairon was much more than the creator of modern Punjabhe was a statesman and a visionary. part in establishing a Sikh society called Majha Khalsa Diwan. He founded a boys’ school in his village and took a leading. He joined the Royal Artillery at Hong Kong, but soon secured his release and returned to his village in the Punjab to work for community welfare and reform. Nihal Singh had no formal schooling, and travelled with his brother, Tarlok Singh, to Malaya (Malaysia) while still very young. His father, Gulab Singh, a deeply religious person, had three sons, Nihal Singh being the youngest of them. Was born on 22 December 1863 at Kairon, a village in Amritsar district. Without naming Kairon, Sukhbir had then said that Akali Dal leaders should stay away from factionalism and focs on working to strengthen the party.ĬHANDIGARH: It seems all is not well within the Badal clan in Punjab.A Pioneer Of Women’s Education In The Punjab (1863-1928) Valtoha has contested the seat since 2007. However, Khemkaran is the home turf of SAD’s veteran leader Virsa Singh Valtoha.Įarly this year, Sukhbir had announced Valtoha as the party candidate from Khemkaran. The buzz was that Parneet Kaur, wife of Adesh and sister of Sukhbir, wanted to contest a seat adjacent to her husband’s assembly segment. The party is yet to declare its candidates from Patti and Khadoor Sahib assembly segments.Ī party leader said Kairon had a few months back held public meetings in villages of Khemkaran assembly segment and said that one of his family members would contest the seat. He has represented the seat four times from 1997 to 2017, but lost in 2017 to Harminder Singh Gill of the Congress.Īccording to sources, Kairon’s pique could stem from the fact that sometime back, the Akali Dal had nominated Harmit Singh Sandhu as the area in-charge for Tarn Taran district of which Patti is a part. Sources said Kairon appeared to flaunt his family’s name in the recent campaign for his Patti constituency in Amritsar. Kairon is son-in-law of former chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal. Former senior minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon has been reportedly avoiding using the party’s name in functions in his constituency.Īlso missing are the name and pictures of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal from hoardings and banners.
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