Mrs. Ujjal Singh, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director) and Sardar Ujjial Singh (Governor of Madras, and chief guest)
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Sardar Ujjal Singh (1895-1983) born to Sujan Singh and Lakshmi Devi. Sujan Singh was a tradesman who turned to real estate. Ujjal Singh studied in the Gurumukhi School, after which he went to Makatab madarasa to learn Urdu and Persian. He then went to the Khalsa Collegiate School at Amritsar. He completed his Masters in History at the Government College Lahore. He was a part of the college hockey team and excelled in the sport. He was elected a member of the Punjab Legislative Council in 1926 and was a part of it for 30 years. He was Parliamentary Secretary (Home) in the Unionist ministry in Punjab from 1937 to 1942. Ujjal Singh was also a member of the Sikh delegation that submitted a memorandum to Sir Stafford Cripps in March 1942. After the partition, he had to abandon his estates which were now a part of Pakistan and move over to India. According to ‘The Sikh Encyclopedia’ website: “He was reelected to the newly constituted Legislative Council of East Punjab and served as Minister of Industries and Civil Supplies, and again as Finance and Industries Minister between 1949 and 1956. He was a member of the Second Finance Commission set up by Government of India from June 1956 to September 1957, a member of Punjabi University Commission set up in 1960, Governor of Punjab from 1 September 1965 to 27 June 1966 and Governor of Tamil Nadu from 28 June 1966 to 25 May 1971.” Sardar Ujjal Singh had visited IIT Madras the previous year as well. He had been invited for the inauguration of the ninth hostel in campus- Alakananda in 1966.
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