Inder Singh (politician)

Kanwar Inder Singh was a senior police officer and later a politician in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Personal life

Singh belonged to Jaswan.^[1] In February 1945, Singh married Uttam Devi of the Chamba royal family.^[2] Uttam Devi was daughter of Kanwar Saheb Shri Nihal Singhji, one of the sons of Raja Shyam Singh of Chamba (r.1873 - 1904). Inder Singh and Uttam Devi had four daughters and one son.^[1]

Police career

Singh was the first trained gazetted officer from the Police Training School, Phillaur, and was posted as the Superintendent of Police in the Chamba state. He reorganized the police force according to the Punjab Police Rules. Later, he became the Home Member and the Deputy Inspector General of Police of the erstwhile Chamba state - a post he continued to hold during the merger of the Chamba state with the newly-created province of Himachal Pradesh (on April 15, 1948).^[3]

In 1958, at the rank of Assistant Inspector General, CID & Headquarters (Himachal Pradesh), he was awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Services by the President of India.^[4]

In 1965, he became the Inspector General of Police, Himachal Pradesh.^[2]^[5]

Political career

Singh was later elected as an MLA of the Jan Sangh party from the Bhattiyat assembly constituency in Chamba, for a term of five years, during the Second Legislative Assembly of the state (1967-72).^[2]^[6]^[7]

On July 10, 1967, he was one of the few MLAs to move a Motion of No-Confidence against the Y.S. Parmar-led Congress government. This motion was forwarded on account of alleged discrimination against constituencies that sent non-Congress MLAs to the Vidhan Sabha, deteriorating food security and worsening condition of manual farmers and workers in the state, among other reasons. The motion was defeated.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Chamba – Rajput Samaj Of UK". 1948-04-21. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kumar, Sukrita Paul (2012). Chamba Achamba: Women's Oral Culture. Sahitya Akademi. p. 193. ISBN 978-81-260-3266-2.
^ Negi, Thakur Sen (1963). Gazetteer of India, Himachal Pradesh: Chamba. Batala: Standard Printing Press. p. 368.
^ Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, India (1958). Administration Report of the Himachal Pradesh Administration. Director of Public Relations and Tourism. p. 37.
^ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1964. p. 1067.
^ ^a ^b Malhotra, G. C. (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures. Lok Sabha Secretariat. pp. 400, 411. ISBN 978-81-200-0400-9.
^ India: A Reference Annual. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1969. p. 518.

[:1-1] "Chamba – Rajput Samaj Of UK". 1948-04-21. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

[:0-2] Kumar, Sukrita Paul (2012). Chamba Achamba: Women's Oral Culture. Sahitya Akademi. p. 193. ISBN 978-81-260-3266-2.

[3] Negi, Thakur Sen (1963). Gazetteer of India, Himachal Pradesh: Chamba. Batala: Standard Printing Press. p. 368.

[4] Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, India (1958). Administration Report of the Himachal Pradesh Administration. Director of Public Relations and Tourism. p. 37.

[5] The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1964. p. 1067.

[:2-6] Malhotra, G. C. (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures. Lok Sabha Secretariat. pp. 400, 411. ISBN 978-81-200-0400-9.

[7] India: A Reference Annual. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1969. p. 518.

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