Early Life and Career
Grewal was born in India, after earning BSc Honours and MBA and working as manager with reputed organisation, emigrated to Liberia as a young man, where he was a successful businessman and professor at university of Liberia.
In 1997, he was the Reform Party of Canada nominee in the federal riding of Surrey Central, and was elected in the 1997 federal election with 17,438 votes, or 35% of the popular vote.
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