Background
Atwal, Charnjit Singh was born on March 15, 1937. Son of Sardar Sohan Atwal and Shiv Devi.
Atwal, Charnjit Singh was born on March 15, 1937. Son of Sardar Sohan Atwal and Shiv Devi.
Bachelor, G.G.N. Khalsa College, Ludhiana. Bachelor of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Member Punjab Legislative Assembly, India, 1977—1985, Lok Sabha (Indian Parliament), 1985—1997. Deputy leader Shiromani Akali Dal, Parliamentary Group, 1985—1990. Member Punjab Legislative Assembly, 1997—2002, speaker, 1997—2002, chairman welfare of scheduled castes committee, scheduled tribes and backward classes committee, 1997—2004.
Member & deputy speaker Lok Sabha (Indian Parliament), since 2004, chairman library committee, computers committee, joint committee on security, since 2004.
Married Inderjit Kaur.