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Pargat Singh, a hockey player turned politician, was born on 5th March 1965 in Mithapur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He was playing for India on full back position and was considered as one of the best defenders of the world. When India was playing with Germany in the Champion Trophy at Perth, the score at one point of time was ticking 1-5. It was Pargat Singh who scored 4 goals in the last 6 minutes and the match came to be a draw. Pargat Singh won the hearts of the Indians with this performance. Further, in 1986 against Holland in the Champion Trophy at Karachi, repeated the same action to give India a 3-2 victory. He captained Indian men’s hockey team at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He got Arjuna award in 1989 and Padma Shree in 1998. He also got the honor of becoming the Vice-President of the Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament Society of Jalandhar.In addition, he was given a job in Punjab Police. He was working as SP, when SAD nominated him for Jalandhar Cantt legislative seat.He won that seat in 2012 assembly election and remained MLA till July 2016, when SAD suspended him because of some differences.