South Asian politicians
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
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Group portrait of unidentified individuals with Indian Minister Amarjit Singh Samra and MP Gurmant Grewal at an event for the minister, who was visiting Vancouver. The event was held at the Raja Banquet Hall in Surrey, B.C.
Winning from the town of Nakodar, Amarjit Singh Samra was an MLA for the Government of Punjab, India from 1994-2012, and the Revenue and Agricultural Minister for Punjab from 2002-2007.
Gurmant Grewal is a former Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997-2006. He was initially elected into the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Surrey Central, and then re-elected for the riding of Newton-North Delta. He was previously an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor, a real estate agence, a manager, and an entrepeneur. His spouse Nina Grewal was also an elected official at the same time as him, making them the first married couple in the House of Commons.
Winning from the town of Nakodar, Amarjit Singh Samra was an MLA for the Government of Punjab, India from 1994-2012, and the Revenue and Agricultural Minister for Punjab from 2002-2007.
Gurmant Grewal is a former Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997-2006. He was initially elected into the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Surrey Central, and then re-elected for the riding of Newton-North Delta. He was previously an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor, a real estate agence, a manager, and an entrepeneur. His spouse Nina Grewal was also an elected official at the same time as him, making them the first married couple in the House of Commons.
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
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Photograph of an unidentified man speaking at an event with Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the leader of the Communist Party of India, as a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
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Photograph of Harkishan Singh Surjeet speaking at an event where he, the leader of the Communist Party of India, was a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
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Photograph of Harkishan Singh Surjeet speaking at an event where he, the leader of the Communist Party of India, was a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
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Group portrait of Harkishan Singh Surjeet with unidentified men at an event where Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the leader of the Communist Party of India, was a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
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Group portrait of Harkishan Singh Surjeet with unidentified men at an event where Harkishan Singh Surjeet, the leader of the Communist Party of India, was a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
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Photograph of an unidentified man shaking hands with Harkishan Singh Surjeet at an event where he, the leader of the Communist Party of India, was a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
Description
Photograph of Harkishan Singh Surjeet at an event where he, the leader of the Communist Party of India, was a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
Creator: Bodalia, Chandra
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Photograph of Harkishan Singh Surjeet speaking at an event where he, the leader of the Communist Party of India, was a special guest. The event involved speeches and dancing.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
The late Harkishan Singh Surjeet was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005. He was also a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964 to 2008. He was born in March 23 1916 in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab, and passed away on August 1, 2008 at the age of 93 years old. Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet had a revolutionary and prominent career, that had been influenced by the martyrfom of Bhagat Singh and driven by his fight against the British colonial rule.
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Photograph of Glen Clark, former premier of British Columbia (B.C.), and Herb Dhaliwal, former cabinet minister, among other unidentified individuals, at a political awareness event pertaining to the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the salmon fishing industry in B.C.
The Pacific Salmon Treaty is an agreement between the government of Canada and the government of the United States of America concerning Pacific Salmon. The treaty ensures both countries receive equal benefits regarding the production of salmon.
Glen Clark served as Premier of British Columbia from February 1996 to August 1999. He was Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations from November 1991 to September 1993 and Minister of Employment and Investment from September 1993 until February 1996. Clark was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1986 to represent the constituency of Vancouver-East. In the 1991 and 1996 general elections, he was re-elected to represent the constituency of Vancouver-Kingsway. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Simon Fraser University and a master's degree in community and regional planning from the University of British Columbia. Before entering politics, Clark worked in the labour movement and as a natural resource policy consultant.
A businessman and politician, Herb Dhaliwal was elected in 1993 representing the federal riding of Vancouver South. In 1997 he was re-elected and appointed Minister of National Revenue, and became the first South Asian to hold a senior cabinet ministerial position in a Western democracy. In 1999, he was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and in 2002 Minister of Natural Resources for BC.
The Pacific Salmon Treaty is an agreement between the government of Canada and the government of the United States of America concerning Pacific Salmon. The treaty ensures both countries receive equal benefits regarding the production of salmon.
Glen Clark served as Premier of British Columbia from February 1996 to August 1999. He was Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations from November 1991 to September 1993 and Minister of Employment and Investment from September 1993 until February 1996. Clark was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1986 to represent the constituency of Vancouver-East. In the 1991 and 1996 general elections, he was re-elected to represent the constituency of Vancouver-Kingsway. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Simon Fraser University and a master's degree in community and regional planning from the University of British Columbia. Before entering politics, Clark worked in the labour movement and as a natural resource policy consultant.
A businessman and politician, Herb Dhaliwal was elected in 1993 representing the federal riding of Vancouver South. In 1997 he was re-elected and appointed Minister of National Revenue, and became the first South Asian to hold a senior cabinet ministerial position in a Western democracy. In 1999, he was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and in 2002 Minister of Natural Resources for BC.