Jaswinder Singh Brar

Jaswinder Singh Brar
Minister of Cooperation,Government of Punjab
In office
23 June 1977 – 12 February 1980
ConstituencyKotkapura
Leader of opposition in Punjab Legislative Assembly[1]
In office
16 March 1972 – 2 October 1972
Preceded byMajor Harinder Singh
Succeeded byPrakash Singh Badal
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly[2]
In office
1972–1980
Preceded byHarcharan Singh Brar
Succeeded byBhagwan Dass
ConstituencyKotkapura
Personal details
Born(1938-05-18)18 May 1938
Died2 April 1993(1993-04-02) (aged 54)
PartyShiromani Akali Dal
SpouseManjit Kaur
ChildrenMantar Singh Brar
Kultar Singh Brar
ParentS. Karnail Singh

Jaswinder Singh Brar (18 May 1938 – 2 April 1993) was an Indian politician and was Cabinet minister of Punjab in Prakash Singh Badal ministry (1977–80).

Jaswinder Singh Brar was a Punjabi politician who became a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly twice by winning an assembly election in 1972 and then in 1977 from Kotkapura Assembly Constituency on the ticket of Shiromani Akali Dal. In 1972 he became the Leader of opposition but due to differences with high command he resigned and was succeeded by Prakash Singh Badal.

In 1977 when Shiromani Akali Dal formed the government in Punjab he became the Minister of Cooperation[3] and held the position until President's rule was declared in Punjab.

He also remained the President of All India Sikh Students Federation.

Brar died on 2 April 1993, at the age of 54.[4]

References

  1. ^ page 200 of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ Punjab assembly constituency-Kotkapura
  3. ^ Parkash Singh Badal: Chief Minister of Punjab – Google Books
  4. ^ "Jaswinder Singh, victim of extrajudicial execution between January 17, 1993 and February 18, 1993". Mapping Crimes Against Humanity: Enforced Disappearances & Extrajudicial Executions in Punjab, India. Retrieved 8 February 2026.