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'''Dr. Amar Singh''' '''Sidhu''' is a Doctor (General Surgeon) based in [[Sirsa]], [[India]]. He is the owner of the Sidhu Hospitals Group - an Indian Private Hospitals chain. He has a wide ranging experience of 50 years in the medical field and has received various awards and honours from the [[Indian Medical Association]]. He himself practices in the states of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Haryana]]. Sidhu has also been an active politician in the states of Rajasthan, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and Haryana. He was first a member of the [[Indian National Congress|INC]] from 2008 until 2019. In 2019, he switched sides and joined the [[BJP]].

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| birth_date = 18th February, 1951
| birth_place = [[Ellenabad]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Sirsa]], [[Haryana]]
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| spouse = Rameshwari Devi
| children = Son: Dr. Hari Singh
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| alma_mater = MBBS - [[SNMC]] [[Jodhpur]], [[India]]
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==Early life==
Amar Singh was born in [[Ramdasia]] Sikh [[Chamar]] family to Malkiat Singh and Gurdev Kaur.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-03-29|title=Akali Dal plays caste card in Fatehgarh Sahib constituency|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/akali-dal-plays-caste-card-in-fatehgarh-sahib-constituency/story-us2peURoaMXf4X4V7GJUQL.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-14|title=Lok Sabha Elections 2019: In Fatehgarh Sahib seat, ex-babus talk of experience, humble past|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-in-fatehgarh-sahib-seat-ex-babus-talk-of-experience-humble-past/story-T6zDy8arBG0vltPG0UWtNM.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

He did M.A in Economics from [[Barkatullah University]] and MBBS from Amritsar Medical College, Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amar Singh {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/amar-singh|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref>

==Medical Career==
Dr. AS. Sidhu did his MBBS from [[SNMC]], [[Jodhpur]]. He did his MS from [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]]. He joined government service as a Doctor in the early 1980s and resigned in the late 1980s after establishing his own private hospital in [[Sirsa]], [[Haryana]]. Sidhu gained immense popularity among the locals as a Doctor, he soon expanded his private hospitals chain by establishing hospitals in [[Nohar]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Ellenabad]], [[Haryana]]. Sidhu till date majorly practices in these regions.

==Political Career==
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[[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections|title=Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 | General Election 2019 Results 2019 Latest, Coverage, News|website=Timesnownews.com|accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/mp-assures-help-for-construction-of-stadium/778415.html|title=MP assures help for construction of stadium|website=Tribuneindia.com|accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref>

As a Doctor, Sidhu harboured a rivalry with the then Chief Minister of Haryana [[Om Prakash Chautala]] - Sidhu was arrested in the late 1990s and was released soon. Sidhu joined the [[Indian National Congress]] in 2008 and challenged Chautala's [[Indian National Lok Dal]] from Nohar, Rajasthan. However, he was unsuccessful. Sidhu served as the President of the Doctor's cell in the Congress and was a member of the [[All India Professionals Congress]]. He failed consecutively in 2008, 2013, 2018 elections- Sidhu is a relative of Senior [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leader and former minister late. Dr. [[Digamber Singh]]. He joined the BJP in 2019 months before the Haryana legislative assembly elections, he was welcome in the party by Chief Minister [[Manohar Lal Khattar]] and State BJP President Subhash Barala. Sidhu failed in the 2019 Haryana assembly elections too. He remains active in the party organisation.

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