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Captain Amarinder Singh Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Caste, Wiki & More

Updated On : September 23, 2021

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Short Biography

Amarinder Singh was born on 11-03-1942 in Patiala in the state of Punjab, India. He is a popular Indian Politician who served two times as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 26-02-2002 to 01-03-2007 and from 16-03-2017 to 19-09-2021. He resigned himself on 18-09-2021 from his post as 15th CM Punjab.

Other Name: Captain Amarinder Singh
Other Professions: Chief Minister Army Officer

Amarinder Singh Complete Bio & Career

The Indian Politician, Amarinder is the active member of Indian National Congress political party. Most prominently he served as the Chief Minister of the state – Punjab for the time period between 2002 and 2007. Currently, he has earned the designation of President of the organization PPCC – Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Additionally, he has also served as the Deputy leader of the opposition party after the 16th Lok Sabha elections in the year 2016. He was in fact elected as the MP of Amritsar constituency against the leader of BJP named as Arun Jaitley. Immediately after completing the graduation from the National Defense Academy, he decided to join the Indian army in the year 1963. As a matter of fact, he has also served as the president of the party known as All India Jat Maha Sabha. During his regime, he demanded the reservation of the Jats under the OBC category. However, he has also worked for the society by being the part of Shiromani Akali Dal for the ruling period between 1992 and 1998.
 
Recently, Amarinder Singh proclaimed about his last election in the media and strongly willing to terminate his political career. On 11 March 2017 on his 75th birthday, he became 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. Apart from the political career, he has also written many books on War as well as Sikh History. The prominent books include A Ridge Too Far, the Last Sunset, The Monsoon War, Lest We Forget, and much more. The book named as 1965 India-Pakistan War consists of the plenty of memoirs in relation to Indo-Pak War.
 
Amarinder Singh resigned on 18-09-2017 from his post as 15th Chief Minister of Punjab.

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Amarinder Singh Family, Relatives and Other Relations

He was born to Maharaja Sir Yadavinder Singh (Yuvraj of Patiala) & Maharani Mehtab Kaur of Patiala. He has a brother named Malwinder Singh and two sisters named Heminder Kaur & Rupinder Kaur. He married Preneet Kaur on 31-10-1964. Together they have a daughter named Jai Inder Kaur and a son named Raninder Singh (politician).

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Amarinder Singh Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

82 years, 7months, 28 days old age Amarinder Singh will turn 83 on 11 March, 2025. Only 4 months, 2 days, 18 hours,9 minutes has left for his next birthday.

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