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'''Chaudhary Dalbir Singh''' (1926-1987) was an [[India]]n politician and cabinet minister.<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Chaudhary Dalbir Singh<br />
| father = Kani Ram<br />
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| caption = <br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1926|03|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =[[Parbhuwala]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| residence = [[Hisar district|Hisar]]<br />
| death_date = 1987<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| constituency = [[Sirsa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sirsa]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />
| term =<br />
| predecessor = Chand Ram<br />
| successor = Het Ram<br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| spouse = Kalawati Bhankhor<br />
| children = 2 daughters [[Kumari Selja]]<br />
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| date = 22 June<br />
| year = 2016<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chaudhary Dalbir Singh is born in a [[Chamar]] family to Kani Ram and Kalawati at Prabhuwala, Punjab, British India.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Frankel|first1=Francine R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwluAAAAMAAJ&q=Dalbir+Singh+chamar+caste+leader&dq=Dalbir+Singh+chamar+caste+leader|title=Dominance and state power in modern India: decline of a social order|last2=Rao|first2=M. S. A.|date=1989|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en}}</ref> His family was influenced from [[Arya Samaj]] movement.<br />
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He went for higher studies at D.A.V College, Lahore after suggestion from Ram Singh, his brother-in-law who was posted there as a Panchayat Officer. There he be-friended [[Chand Ram (politician)|Ch.Chand Ram]] but later they have to move because of partition of India. But he completed his graduation from Govt. College, Rohtak. He also got a job of Block Development Officer but declined to join it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ch Dalbir Singh: An Impeccably Honest & Dedicated Congress Leader by K. Gajendra Singh|url=https://www.boloji.com/articles/11521/ch-dalbir-singh-an-impeccably-honest|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.boloji.com}}</ref><br />
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His daughter, [[Kumari Selja]] is a prominent Dalit leader from [[Indian National Congress|INC]]. She is a former M.P from [[Ambala (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ambala]] and [[Sirsa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sirsa]], Union Minister and Joint-Secretary of [[All India Mahila Congress|AIMC]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Detailed Profile - Kumari Selja - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3589|access-date=2020-06-03|website=archive.india.gov.in|archive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612183307/https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3589|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Politics==<br />
*He was a member of the [[4th Lok Sabha|4th]], [[5th Lok Sabha|5th]] and [[7th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]] from [[Sirsa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sirsa]].<br />
*He also got elected from [[Tohana|Tohana Constituency]] in 1952 elections but his election was set aside on the pretext of being under age. In the 1957 Punjab general election he was elected from [[Hansi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hansi constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1957|url=https://www.elections.in//punjab/assembly-constituencies/1957-election-results.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.elections.in}}</ref><br />
*He was Deputy Minister for Irrigation (1957–62), Deputy Union Minister for Petroleum & Chemicals (1971–73) , Heavy Industries (1973–74), Works & Housing (19744-75) and Shipping and Transport (1975–77). He was also Minister of state for Petroleum, Chemicals & Fertilizers (1980–82) and Energy - Petroleum (1982–83) and Dept. of Coal (1983-84).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1748.htm|access-date=2020-06-03|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><br />
*He was president of [[Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee]] and General Secretary of [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160811001058/http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1748.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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