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Nirlep Kaur

Indian politician (1927–1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Nirlep Kaur (1927–1987) was a politician from Punjab, India. She represented Sangrur in the 4th Lok Sabha.

Early life

Born on 11 August 1927 in Patiala, in a royal family, Nirlep Kaur was the daughter of Sardar Gian Singh Rarewala, who later became the first Chief Minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union.[1][2] Kaur attended Sacred Heart Convent School, Lahore.[1]

Career

Kaur contested the 1967 Indian general election for the 4th Lok Sabha on the ticket of Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh. She defeated the INC candidate by a margin of 98,212 votes.[3] She and Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala were the first two women from reorganised Punjab to enter the Indian parliament.[4] She had previously been a secretary for Swatantra Party and the president of Mata Sahib Kaur Vidyalaya in Patiala.[1]

Kaur was the first woman who stood in the election for the president of Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, though she lost.[5] In the 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, she contested from Payal but lost to Beant Singh of the Indian National Congress by a difference of 2,936 votes.[6]

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Personal life

On 14 March 1942, she married Sardar Rajdev Singh Akoi, from whom she has three children.[1] Rajdev Singh Akoi was also an owner of The Imperial, a luxury hotel in New Delhi.[7][8] Her house had the first swimming pool in the city of Chandigarh.[9]

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