Notable People of Sangrur
- Two of the chief ministers of Indian Punjab hailed from Sangrur, as did one chief minister of the former state of Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU).. The two Punjab Chief Ministers were Surjit Singh Barnala and Rajinder Kaur Bhathal. Late Lala Brish Bhan was the chief minister of PEPSU. Senior akali leader and former Union cabinet minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa also hails from Sangrur.
- Udham Singh was an Indian independence activist, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer in March 1940 in what has been described as an avengement of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.
- the city has a huge number of artists which includes Ali Akbar-the music director, Bhupinder Mann-a prominent Punjabi folk singer, Pargat singh-the lyricist,Satinder Fatta painter and speaker and many more.
- Well renowned politicians and business men born here i.e. Naresh Goyal, Owner of Jet Airway.
- Well renowned English author living here i.e. Gerry Gogna, Founder of ROCK STAR SENIOR CLUB TRUST.
‘Sleepy’ town of Sangrur was one of the 600+ princely states in pre-independence India. The Kayasthas were hired to run the upper administration.
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