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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Amarjit Singh Samra<br />
| image =<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|11|24}}<br />
| birth_place = Samrai<br />
| residence = [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]<br />
| constituency = Nakodar<br />
| term = 1994 – 2012<br />
| predecessor = [[Umaro Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Gurpartap Singh Wadala]]<br />
| office3 = Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation<br />
|1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
|1namedata3 = [[Capt. Amarinder Singh]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Sewa Singh Sekhwan]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Ajit Singh Kohar]]<br />
| term3 = 2002 - 2007<br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| website = http://amarjitsamra.com<br />
}}<br />
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'''Amarjit Singh Samra''' was an Indian politician and a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. He was Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation in the [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab Government]] from 2002 to 2007.<ref name='aa'>[http://www.ballepunjab.com/ministry.php Punjab Cabinet Ministers Portfolios 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822034311/http://www.ballepunjab.com/ministry.php |date=2012-08-22 }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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He was born on 24 November 1943 in Samrai near [[Jalandhar]] in [[Punjab, India]]. His father's name is Ujagar Singh Samra.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amarjit Singh Samra(Criminal & Asset Declaration)|url=http://myneta.info/pb2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=164|publisher=The Association for Democratic Reforms|accessdate=4 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
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Samra started his career as a [[sarpanch]] of Samrai in 1964. In 1975 he became chairman of development block or [[panchayat samiti]] [[Rurka Kalan]]. He remained sarpanch till 1993. He was elected to the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] in 1994 in by election from Nakodar.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Politics of a By-Election: Nakodar and Ajnala Assembly Constituencies in Punjab|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=29|issue=32|pages=2095–2102|publisher=ITHAKA|jstor=4401595|last1=Verma|first1=P. S.|year=1994}}</ref> He was re-elected in 1997, 2002 and 2007.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1997/StatiscialReport-PU97.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1997 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/punjab/results/2002.aspx |title=Punjab Assembly Election 2002 Results |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805112727/http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/punjab/results/2002.aspx |archive-date=5 August 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020227/punjab-mlas.htm Punjab Assembly Elections-2002 winners]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070302073951/http://www.indian-elections.com/assembly-elections/punjab/election-result-07.html Punjab Assembly Election 2007 Results]</ref> In the 2002 Congress government he was made Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation.<ref name='aa'/><br />
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