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'''Chaudhary Jagjit Singh''' was an Indian politician and member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]].<ref>page 186 of ''[http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/images/docs/compendium_doc.pdf Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium]''. [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]. Retrieved on 17 July 2019.</ref><br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Chaudhary Jagjit Singh <br />
| image =File:Chaudhary Jagjit Singh.png<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = 26 July 1934<br />
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] <br> {{small|(now in [[Punjab, India]])}}<br />
| residence =<br />
| death_date = 4 August 2015 <br>(aged 81)<br />
| death_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India]]<br />
| office = '''[[List of leaders of the opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly|Leader of opposition in Punjab assembly]]'''<br />
| term_start = 11 October 1998<br />
| term_end = 26 February 2002<br />
| predecessor = [[Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]]<br />
| successor = [[Prakash Singh Badal]]<br />
| constituency = [[Kartarpur Assembly Constituency|Kartarpur]] <br />
| office1 = '''Member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]'''<br />
| term_start1 = 1980<br />
| term_end1 = 2007<br />
| successor1 =[[Avinash Chander]]<br />
|predecessor1 = Bhagat Singh <br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Gurbachan Kaur<br />
| children = [[Chaudhary Surinder Singh]]<br />
| parents = <br />
| constituency1= [[Kartarpur Assembly Constituency|Kartarpur]]<br />
|term_start2 = <br />
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}}<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chaudhary Jagjit Singh was born to Master Gurbanta Singh and Sampuran Kaur at [[Dhaliwal, Nakodar|Dhaliwal]], [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-12-23|title=Dalit icons of Punjab: The all-powerful Chaudharys of Doaba|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/dalit-icons-the-all-powerful-chaudharys-of-doaba/story-Zb5pms2aKYj0Ut7C31HybK.html|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><br />
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After the death of his father he became his official political heir. Jagjit's younger brother, [[Santokh Singh Chaudhary]] is also a big leader and son [[Chaudhary Surinder Singh]] is a MLA from [[Kartarpur Assembly Constituency|Kartarpur]].<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh received by the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on his arrival at the Amritsar Airport, on December 19, 2006.jpg|thumb|380px|Jagjit Singh (left) with Chief Minister of Punjab (center) and Prime Minister of India, 2006 (right).]]<br />
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His political career started as a Sarpanch of their ancestral village '<nowiki/>''Dhariwal Kadian''' and then appointed as Chairman of Jalandhar Zila Parshad. He also held posts of Chairman of Block Samiti, Managing Director of Cooperative Bank and Chairman of Market Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Former minister Ch Jagjit Singh dead|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/archive/former-minister-ch-jagjit-singh-dead-115692|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He also remained the Cabinet Minister of Punjab for Labour and Employment and also Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development. He won the Punjab Assembly election for five times continuously from [[Kartarpur Assembly Constituency]] in [[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1980]], [[1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1985]], [[1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1992]], [[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1997]] and [[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2002]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kartarpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/punjab/assembly-constituencies/kartarpur.html|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
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In 1998, he was appointed the Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HaOlg1sDYP4C&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=chaudhary+Jagjit+Singh+replaced+by+rajinder+kaur+bhattal&source=bl&ots=B2vBMyi2lF&sig=ACfU3U1Eu6_ZgTVDl_T0GiJNxcLUSnUnOw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwio7orr1r3jAhXUT30KHavHB0EQ6AEwBnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=chaudhary%20Jagjit%20Singh%20replaced%20by%20rajinder%20kaur%20bhattal&f=false Chaudhary Jagjit Singh replaced by Rajinder Kaur Bhattal]</ref> and also served as the Vice-President of Punjab Congress Committee.<br />
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His name was also floored in [[Ludhiana City Centre]] scam.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nath|first=Rajan|date=2019-11-27|title=City Centre Scam Punjab: Ludhiana court acquits all accused including CM Captain Amarinder Singh|url=https://www.ptcnews.tv/city-centre-scam-punjab-ludhiana-court-acquits-all-accused-including-cm-captain-amarinder-singh/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=PTC NEWS|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He died on 4 August 2015 due to heart attack.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Senior Congress leader Chaudhary Jagjit Singh passes away|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/senior-congress-leader-chaudhary-jagjit-singh-passes-away/articleshow/48342663.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-10-19}}</ref><br />
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