Iqbal Singh (Lok Sabha member)
Sardar Iqbal Singh was an Indian politician and member of parliament who represented Fazilka-Sirsa parliamentary constituency in 1st Lok Sabha (1954—57), Firozpur constituency in 2nd Lok Sabha (1957—62), and was re-elected from the same constituency in 3rd Lok Sabha (1962—67). He was last elected from Fazilka parliamentary constituency in 4th Lok Sabha (1967–70). A member of the Indian National Congress, he also served as a deputy-minister of Petroleum and Chemicals from January 1966 to March 1967 and deputy-minister for Works, Housing and Supply in 1967. Biography. He was born to Sardar  Rattan Singh on 27 October 1923 in Firozpur, Punjab, India. He received his at M.B. High School, Abohar and Sikh National College, Lahore. He was the first to be appointed as a president of the Punjab Students' Congress from 1944 to 46, and later he organised students' movement in Lahore, in addition to participating in the Quit India Movement. He was later jailed for taking part in the Quit India Movement. He was also appointed as a member of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (1946—55), member of All India Congress Committee (AICC) in 1955, member of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC ) (1948—52) and was re-elected as PCC member in 1955, and later general secretary of All India Khalsa Dal. He was married to Rajeshwar Kaur, with whom he had three children, including one daughter and two sons.