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Honours:

He is vice-president of the Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Society of Jalandhar.

He is General Secretary of Hockey Punjab at present as nominated by CM of the state.

Awards:

Padma Shree 1998
Arjuna Award 1989

Political career:

Singh was nominated for Jalandhar Cantt legislative seat as SAD nominee which he subsequently won defeating Jagbir Singh Brar of Congress.

He was suspended by SAD in July 2016.

He along with Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bains brothers formed a new political front - Aawaaz-e-Punjab claiming to fight against those working against Punjab.

Singh was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.

He has been a Congress MLA since 2017 from the Jalandhar Cantt constituency. He has been nominated again by Jalandhar Cantt for elections 2022. He is going to contest the Punjab assembly elections for the third time in a row.

1986 (Karachi):

He didn't stop there with his previous year's spectacular performance against Germany and repeated the same action against Holland to give India a 3–2 victory.

Champions Trophy 1985 (Perth):

India vs Germany: At one point of time score board was ticking 1–5. Then this young guy, Pargat Singh came forward and performed against everyone's hope and scored 4 goals in the last 6 minutes. The result was a draw but it made Pargat Singh a real hero in the hearts of every Indian.

Pargat Singh:

Pargat Singh (born 5 March 1965) is a hockey player turned politician in India and belongs to the Indian National Congress in Punjab. He is a former Indian hockey player and his playing position was of full back. He was considered one of the world's best defenders erstwhile. He captained Indian men's hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He was working as an SP with Punjab police before taking a plunge into politics.