Rajinder Kaur Bulara

Rajinder Kaur Bulara
Member of Parliament
for Ludhiana
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byMewa Singh Gill
Succeeded byGurdial Singh
ConstituencyLudhiana
Personal details
Born1946 (age 79–80)
Raja Jang, Punjab, British India
PartyShiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
Spouse
Rajinder Pal Singh Gill
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(m. 1967; died 1989)​
ChildrenTwo children
EducationDev Samaj College for Women (Firozpur) (BA)

Rajinder Kaur Bulara (born 1946) is a politician of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and a former member of the 9th Lok Sabha from Ludhiana.

Early life

Rajinder Kaur was born at Raja Jung, Lahore district of undivided India on 10 June 1946 to Sardar Harsa Singh Sandhu and his wife. She attended the Dev Samaj College for Women at Firozpur and holds bachelor's degrees in Arts and Education.[1]

Personal life

Rajinder married Sardar Rajinder Pal Singh Gill on 17 November 1967.[1] A professor of the Punjab Agricultural University, he was killed in a fake police encounter for allegedly being a militant.[2] She has two children from him.[1]

Career

Kaur participated in the relief work following the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. She was the official candidate of Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) from Ludhiana during the 1989 Indian general election.[1] She defeated Gurcharan Singh Galib of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 1,33,729 votes and was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha.[3] As a Member of Parliament, she was a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Industry.[1] She contested the 2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election from Ludhiana West but could secure only 3.30% of the total votes polled.[4]

1989 Indian general election: Ludhiana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAD(A) Rajinder Kaur Bulara 357,349 53.48
INC Gurcharan Singh Galib 223,620 33.47
BSP Inderjit Singh 34,328 5.14
SAD Jagdev Singh Jassowal 25,258 3.78
Independent 16 Independent Candidates 24,371 3.65
Others 4 Other Party Candidates 3,281 0.49
Majority 133,729 20.01
Turnout
Swing to SAD(A) from INC Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Members Bioprofile: Bulara, Shrimati Rajinder Kaur". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Singh, Jupinderjit (8 December 2015). "Pinky's confessions may help provide justice to Bulara family". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 324. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 147. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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