Zail Singh
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title:
Zail Singh
text:
Giani Zail Singh was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987 and 9th Chief Minister of Punjab. He was the first Sikh to become president. Born in Sandhwan in the princely state of Faridkot, Singh trained to be a granthi and was given the title of giani, meaning a learned man, while training at the Sikh Missionary School in Amritsar. Singh was associated with peasant agitations and the movement seeking a representative government in Faridkot
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President of India from 1982 to 1987
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zail_Singh
date created:
2004-05-24T23:40:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T16:13:53Z
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