Jagjit Singh Chohan
Jagjit Singh Chohan | |
|---|---|
| 1st President of the Council of Khalistan | |
| In office 12 April 1980 – 7 October 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Gurmit Singh Aulakh |
| Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 8 March 1967 – 22 August 1968 | |
| Constituency | Tanda |
| Deputy speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 27 March 1967 – 27 November 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Shanno Devi |
| Succeeded by | Baldev Singh |
| Minister of Finance, Punjab | |
| In office 25 November 1967 – 22 August 1968 | |
| President of Khalsa Raj Party | |
| In office 2 August 2002 – 4 April 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1929 Urmar Tanda, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 4 April 2007 (aged 77–78) Urmar Tanda, Punjab, India |
| Occupation | |
Jagjit Singh Chohan (1929–4 April 2007) was an Indian political activist who was a leader of the Sikh Khalistan movement that sought to create a sovereign Sikh state in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Chohan established the Council of Khalistan at Anandpur Sahib on 12 April 1980 and became its first self‐styled president.