Background
Beant was born in undivided Punjab and later migrated to the Bilaspur village in the Doraha tehsil of the Ludhiana district.
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Beant Singh
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He completed his education from the Government College Lahore.
Career
Thereafter he shifted to village Kotli in the same district. At the age of 23, he joined the army but after two years of service, decided to make a switch to politics and social work. After the 1947 partition, Beant Singh entered the Punjab politics.
In 1960 he was elected chairman of block samiti (committee) of Doraha, in Ludhiana district.
After serving for some time as Director of the Central cooperative bank in Ludhiana, Beant Singh entered the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (assembly) as an independent candidate in 1969. Beant Singh became the chief minister of Punjab in 1992.
Beant Singh"s tenure as the chief minister witnessed the Punjab insurgency. Under him, the Punjab Police crushed the pro-Khalistan militants forcefully, inviting claims of human rights violations.
Beant Singh was assassinated in a bomb blast at the secretariat complex in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995.
The blast claimed the lives of 17 others including 3 Indian commandos. In 2012, a Chandigarh court sentenced Balwant Singh to death. On 28 March 2012 the Government Of India stayed the execution of Rajoana after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met President Pratibha Patil seeking clemency for him.
Membership
He was a member of Indian National Congress.
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Indian National Congress