Surjit Singh Majithia

Surjit Singh Majithia
Surjit Singh Majithia
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1952-1967
Succeeded by	Gurdial Singh Dhillon
Constituency	Tarn Taran Punjab
Union Minister of state for Defence
	In office; 1952—1962
9th President of BCCI
	In office; 1956–1958
Preceded by	Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
Succeeded by	R. K. Patel
Personal details
Born	8 August 1912; Shimla, Punjab, British India
Died	27 September 1995 (aged 83); Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Kushalpal Kaur
Children	3 sons
Parent	Sundar Singh Majithia (father);
Relatives	Harsimrat Kaur Badal (granddaughter); Bikram Singh Majithia (grandson); Majithia Sirdars
Residence(s)	Majithia House, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Military career
Allegiance	British India; India
Service/branch	Indian Air Force
Years of service	1939–1944
Rank	Wing Commander
Battles/wars	Second World War
	Source: [1]

Surjit Singh Majithia (1912-1995) was an Indian politician, diplomat and air force officer. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Tarn Taran constituency of Punjab as a member of the Indian National Congress.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography[edit]

Majithia was born into the prominent Sher-Gill Jatt Sikh landholding Majithia family.^[4] His father was Sundar Singh Majithia who served in the Punjab government.^[5]

Majithia was commissioned a pilot officer in the flying branch of the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 8 November 1939, two months after the start of the Second World War.^[6] He rose to command a fighter squadron until he left the Air Force in 1944 to pursue a political career.^[7] From 1945 to 1947, he was member of Central Legislative Assembly, served on the Defence Consultative Committee and was principal of Khalsa College, Amritsar.^[7] After independence in 1947, he was promoted to honorary wing commander in the (Royal) Indian Air Force and appointed ambassador to the neighbouring country of Nepal, where he remained until 1949.

He served as the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India, All India Tennis Association, Yachting Association of India and Wrestling Federation of India; Vice-president of National Rifle Association of India.

References[edit]

^ Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1995. p. 5. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ J. C. Aggarwal; S. P. Agrawal (1992). Modern History of Punjab: A Look Back Into Ancient Peaceful Punjab Focusing Confrontation and Failures Leading to Present Punjab Problem, and a Peep Ahead : Relevant Select Documents. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-81-7022-431-0. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ Surjit Singh Majithia a Politician, Parliamentarian and Diplomat
^ Rekhi, Gurnam Singh (1999). Sir Sundar Singh Majithia and His Relevance in Sikh Politics (PDF). Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd. p. 15. ...the small village of Majithia (near Amritsar)—which the family of Sir Sundar Singh, of Shergill clan among the Jat Sikhs—had adopted as their surname, could also be proud of its illustrious Sardars.
^ The Indian Journal of Political Science. India, Indian Political Science Association, 1974.
^ Indian Air Force - Air Force List. HM Stationery Office. 1941. pp. 1192–1199.
^ ^a ^b "Two Honorary Wing Commanders in the RIAF" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 17 September 1947. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

External links[edit]

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

[1] Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1995. p. 5. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[AggarwalAgrawal1992-2] J. C. Aggarwal; S. P. Agrawal (1992). Modern History of Punjab: A Look Back Into Ancient Peaceful Punjab Focusing Confrontation and Failures Leading to Present Punjab Problem, and a Peep Ahead : Relevant Select Documents. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-81-7022-431-0. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[3] Surjit Singh Majithia a Politician, Parliamentarian and Diplomat

[4] Rekhi, Gurnam Singh (1999). Sir Sundar Singh Majithia and His Relevance in Sikh Politics (PDF). Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd. p. 15. ...the small village of Majithia (near Amritsar)—which the family of Sir Sundar Singh, of Shergill clan among the Jat Sikhs—had adopted as their surname, could also be proud of its illustrious Sardars.

[5] The Indian Journal of Political Science. India, Indian Political Science Association, 1974.

[6] Indian Air Force - Air Force List. HM Stationery Office. 1941. pp. 1192–1199.

[hon.W/C-7] "Two Honorary Wing Commanders in the RIAF" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 17 September 1947. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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v t e Presidents of the BCCI
1928–1950	R. E. Grant Govan (1928–1933) Sikandar Hayat Khan (1933–1935) Hamidullah Khan (1935–1937) Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji (1937–1938) P. Subbarayan (1938–1946) Anthony S. D'Mello (1946–1951)
1951–1975	J. C. Mukherjee (1951–1954) Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (1954–1956) Surjit Singh Majithia (1956–1958) R. K. Patel (1958–1960) M. A. Chidambaram (1960–1963) Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad (1963–1966) Zal Irani (1966–1969) A. N. Ghosh (1969–1972) Purushottam Rungta (1972–1975)
1976–2000	Ramprakash Mehra (1975–1977) M. Chinnaswamy (1977–1980) S. K. Wankhede (1980–1982) N. K. P. Salve (1982–1985) S. Sriraman (1985–1988) B. N. Dutt (1988–1990) Madhavrao Scindia (1990–1993) Inderjit Singh Bindra (1993–1996) Raj Singh Dungarpur (1996–1999) A. C. Muthiah (1999–2001)
2001–present	Jagmohan Dalmiya (2001–2004) Ranbir Singh Mahendra (2004–2005) Sharad Pawar (2005–2008) Shashank Manohar (2008–2011) N. Srinivasan (2011–2013) Jagmohan Dalmiya (2013) N. Srinivasan (2013–2014) Sunil Gavaskar (2014) Shivlal Yadav (2014) Jagmohan Dalmiya (2014–2015) Shashank Manohar (2015–2016) Anurag Thakur (2016–2017) C. K. Khanna (2017–2019) Sourav Ganguly (2019–2022) Roger Binny (2022–present)

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