Amarjit Kaur

Amarjit Kaur is an Indian politician. She was a Member of Parliament and represented Punjab in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian [National Congress] political party. Her father was Ragbhir Singh, who served as Chief [minister |Chief Minister] of the former state of Patiala and [East Punjab States Union]. Kaur's husband was Kanwar Devinder Singh, the son of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. Earlier in her career, Kaur had been elected to Municipal [council |municipal councils], was a nominated member of the Patiala Improvement Trust and had twice served as the chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of [Women and Child Development].