Member of the Parliament of India, representing Haryana
Mr. Tarlochan Singh also known as Sardar Tarlochan Singh is an advocate of Sikh Causes and has gone to great lengths in establishing Sikhism and the Punjabi Language in the esteemed Stratum`s of the Globe.
Mr. Singh was born to a middleclass family and starting from the bottom of the pyramid moved up to the highest possible realms of democracy. He eye-witnessed two major tragedies of the 19th century; the partition of India in 1947 and the massacre of 1984. He attained his Master’s degree in Economic’s from Punjab University in Chandigarh in 1955, after which he held several prestigious positions such as Director, Department of Tourism, Culture, Museum and Archaelogy, Govt. of Punjab; and later Director, Publicity and Public Relations of 9th Asian Games Organizing Committee, New Delhi. He was appointed as a Press Secretary to the Presidents of India followed by the position of Managing Director of Delhi Tourism Govt. of India; President of Wimpy International; Chairman of Delhi Tourism and Development Corporation; Vice Chairman National Commission for Minorities; Chairman of National Commission for Minorities for Minorities, Govt. of India with the status of Union Cabinet Minister and was the first ever non-muslim to hold this post. He served as a member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2010 from Haryana. From 2010 onwards he has indulged himself into Social Work.
Currently he is the Chairman of Khalsa College Patron of International Sikh Film and Arts Federation, New York as well as Convener of International Centre for Sikh Studies, New Delhi.
Over his long illustrious career he has accomplished the following :
- Published the first Sikh Art Calendar in 1971.
- Oragnised special edition of the Marg Magazine.
- Prepared a catalogue of Sikh relics lying in U.K in 1975.
- Established the Guru Teg Bahadur Museum in Anadpur Sahib in 1978.
- Established Maharaja Ranjit Singh museum in Amritsar in 1980.
- Established Shaheed Bhagat Singh Museum in Khatkar Kalan in 1988.
- Acquired a Lithograph of Golden Temple ,Amritsar 1834 from London and got Published from Public relations deptt.Punjab in 1978.
- Bought about 20 Sikh relics from Victoria Museum, London for displaying in Amritsar in 1980.
- Developed Hauz Khaas Tourist Complex.
- Developed Dilli Haat.
- Started annual festivals in Delhi like Qutub Festival, International Mango Festival & Garden Festival.
- Helped extensively in making Punjabi the 2nd Language in Haryana and Delhi.
- Opened Canadian Consulates in Chandigarh and England in Jalandhar.
- Helped in starting two direct flights from Amritsar.
- Worked extensively for the resettlement of Refugee’s from Afghanistan.
- Got visas to hundreds of Sikhs who were on the Blacklist in Canada , U.S.A and U.K .He also advocated heavily for abolishing the Blacklist.
- After Kargil War he received sanction of the Sikh Jatha to go for Pilgrimage from the P.M and persuaded to give them special facilities like the Haji’s get.