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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 full back. He captained Indian men's hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He has worked as an SP with Punjab police before taking a plunge into politics.

India vs Germany: At one point of time score board was ticking 1–5. Pargat Singh came forward and scored 4 goals in the last 6 minutes. The result was a draw but it made Pargat Singh known.

He played against Holland to give India a 3–2 victory.

He captained the Indian men's hockey team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[citation needed]

In 2003, he was vice-president of the Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Society of Jalandhar.

Singh was nominated[when?] for Jalandhar Cantonment Assembly constituency 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.

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